Objectives This study aim to evaluate patient’s perception about anesthesiologists’ job roles and investigate their expectations for anesthesia care.Methods We designed a self-administered questionnaire for this cro...Objectives This study aim to evaluate patient’s perception about anesthesiologists’ job roles and investigate their expectations for anesthesia care.Methods We designed a self-administered questionnaire for this cross-sectional survey study and delivered questionnaire forms to adult in-patients who were scheduled for elective surgery before pre-operative anesthetic visit the day before surgery.We collected information of respondents’ demographic data,education background,health literacy and previous experience of anesthesia,perception of anesthesiologist’s job,the expectation on anesthesia care.Descriptive analyses,χ^2 test and multiple linear regression analysis were used for data analysis.Results Of 550 participants,521(94.7%)completed the questionnaire.In these respondents,335 (64.3%) considered anesthesiology as an independent medical discipline,225 (43.2%) believed that anesthesiology department was an independent clinical department,and 243 (46.6%) recognized anesthesiologists as qualified doctors.Only 21.5% of them knew that anesthesiologists also work in the intensive care unit and 26.9% of them knew that anesthesiologists also work in pain clinic as well.Younger patients (β=-0.044,P<0.001),those with higher education (β=1.200,P<0.001),or with better health literacy (β=0.781,P=0.005) had significant more knowledge about the job roles of anesthesiologists.Most patients demanded pre-anesthetic visit (80.5%),expected availability of preoperative anesthetic clinic (74.1%),wished to receive more information about anesthesia (91.3%) and anesthesiologist (77.4%).Conclusions Patients’ perception about anesthesiologists might be limited.Efforts should be made on education about anesthesia,especially for elderly patients and those under-educated patients.Preoperative anesthetic clinic is expected by most in-patients.展开更多
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly being applied to a wide range of fields,including medicine,and has been considered as an approach that may augment or substitute human professionals in primary healthcare.Howeve...Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly being applied to a wide range of fields,including medicine,and has been considered as an approach that may augment or substitute human professionals in primary healthcare.However,AI also raises several challenges and ethical concerns.In this article,the author investigates and discusses three aspects of AI in medicine and healthcare:the application and promises of AI,special ethical concerns pertaining to AI in some frontier fields,and suggestive ethical governance systems.Despite great potentials of frontier AI research and development in the field of medical care,the ethical challenges induced by its applications has put forward new requirements for governance.To ensure “trustworthy” AI applications in healthcare and medicine,the creation of an ethical global governance framework and system as well as special guidelines for frontier AI applications in medicine are suggested.The most important aspects include the roles of governments in ethical auditing and the responsibilities of stakeholders in the ethical governance system.展开更多
目的探索乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)感染与肝内胆管癌(intrahepatic cholangiocarcino-ma,ICC)临床病理变化之间的联系。方法统计59例经病理确诊的ICC患者,分为3组:组Ⅰ,HBsAg(+)(乙肝表面抗原)/anti-HBc(+)(乙肝核心抗体)(n=...目的探索乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)感染与肝内胆管癌(intrahepatic cholangiocarcino-ma,ICC)临床病理变化之间的联系。方法统计59例经病理确诊的ICC患者,分为3组:组Ⅰ,HBsAg(+)(乙肝表面抗原)/anti-HBc(+)(乙肝核心抗体)(n=16);组Ⅱ,HBsAg(-)/anti-HBc(+)(n=30);组Ⅲ,HBsAg(-)/anti-HBc(-)(n=13),分析和比较其临床病理特点。结果组Ⅰ的发病平均年龄(P=0.025)和CA19-9的阳性率(>25U/ml)(P=0.025)比组Ⅲ低,但组Ⅰ的PT均值(P=0.031),肝硬化(P=0.044)和体质量减轻(P=0.044)高于组Ⅲ。组Ⅰ癌变易发于右肝,而组Ⅲ易发于左肝(P=0.0032),并且组Ⅰ患者的预后比组Ⅱ和组Ⅲ好(P=0.013)。结论HBV感染的ICC患者肿瘤发病年龄较早,更容易出现CA19-9阴性和肝硬化,PT平均值高,并且易出现体质量减轻和发生肝右叶ICC,但其预后相对较好。展开更多
文摘Objectives This study aim to evaluate patient’s perception about anesthesiologists’ job roles and investigate their expectations for anesthesia care.Methods We designed a self-administered questionnaire for this cross-sectional survey study and delivered questionnaire forms to adult in-patients who were scheduled for elective surgery before pre-operative anesthetic visit the day before surgery.We collected information of respondents’ demographic data,education background,health literacy and previous experience of anesthesia,perception of anesthesiologist’s job,the expectation on anesthesia care.Descriptive analyses,χ^2 test and multiple linear regression analysis were used for data analysis.Results Of 550 participants,521(94.7%)completed the questionnaire.In these respondents,335 (64.3%) considered anesthesiology as an independent medical discipline,225 (43.2%) believed that anesthesiology department was an independent clinical department,and 243 (46.6%) recognized anesthesiologists as qualified doctors.Only 21.5% of them knew that anesthesiologists also work in the intensive care unit and 26.9% of them knew that anesthesiologists also work in pain clinic as well.Younger patients (β=-0.044,P<0.001),those with higher education (β=1.200,P<0.001),or with better health literacy (β=0.781,P=0.005) had significant more knowledge about the job roles of anesthesiologists.Most patients demanded pre-anesthetic visit (80.5%),expected availability of preoperative anesthetic clinic (74.1%),wished to receive more information about anesthesia (91.3%) and anesthesiologist (77.4%).Conclusions Patients’ perception about anesthesiologists might be limited.Efforts should be made on education about anesthesia,especially for elderly patients and those under-educated patients.Preoperative anesthetic clinic is expected by most in-patients.
文摘Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly being applied to a wide range of fields,including medicine,and has been considered as an approach that may augment or substitute human professionals in primary healthcare.However,AI also raises several challenges and ethical concerns.In this article,the author investigates and discusses three aspects of AI in medicine and healthcare:the application and promises of AI,special ethical concerns pertaining to AI in some frontier fields,and suggestive ethical governance systems.Despite great potentials of frontier AI research and development in the field of medical care,the ethical challenges induced by its applications has put forward new requirements for governance.To ensure “trustworthy” AI applications in healthcare and medicine,the creation of an ethical global governance framework and system as well as special guidelines for frontier AI applications in medicine are suggested.The most important aspects include the roles of governments in ethical auditing and the responsibilities of stakeholders in the ethical governance system.
文摘目的探索乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)感染与肝内胆管癌(intrahepatic cholangiocarcino-ma,ICC)临床病理变化之间的联系。方法统计59例经病理确诊的ICC患者,分为3组:组Ⅰ,HBsAg(+)(乙肝表面抗原)/anti-HBc(+)(乙肝核心抗体)(n=16);组Ⅱ,HBsAg(-)/anti-HBc(+)(n=30);组Ⅲ,HBsAg(-)/anti-HBc(-)(n=13),分析和比较其临床病理特点。结果组Ⅰ的发病平均年龄(P=0.025)和CA19-9的阳性率(>25U/ml)(P=0.025)比组Ⅲ低,但组Ⅰ的PT均值(P=0.031),肝硬化(P=0.044)和体质量减轻(P=0.044)高于组Ⅲ。组Ⅰ癌变易发于右肝,而组Ⅲ易发于左肝(P=0.0032),并且组Ⅰ患者的预后比组Ⅱ和组Ⅲ好(P=0.013)。结论HBV感染的ICC患者肿瘤发病年龄较早,更容易出现CA19-9阴性和肝硬化,PT平均值高,并且易出现体质量减轻和发生肝右叶ICC,但其预后相对较好。
