A standardized, uniform and universal dental chart for documenting state of dentition before anaesthesia

被引:10
作者
Gatt, SP
Aurisch, J
Wong, K
机构
[1] Univ New S Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[2] Royal Hosp Women, Dept Anaesthesia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
关键词
anaesthesia; complications : dental injury; anaesthetic chart;
D O I
10.1177/0310057X0102900109
中图分类号
R614 [麻醉学];
学科分类号
100217 [麻醉学];
摘要
It is vital to have adequate and precise documentation of the condition of a patient's dentition before commencing an anaesthetic. The incidence of dental damage during anaesthesia is not low. To the authors' knowledge, there is no standardized method used by anaesthetists to document the state of a patient's dentition. We propose the introduction of a standardized uniform dental chart to enable anaesthetists to accurately document the condition of their patients' teeth. This vital information can be easily obtained during the preanaesthetic assessment with the increase in medical litigation and demands for adequate documentation, we believe this chart can become an invaluable part of every hospital's preanaesthetic assessment form. The dental chart is to be offered as a service to anaesthetists in the form of a copyright-free "Freeware" computer diskette or adhesive sticker, and will be downloadable from the internet.
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