Anaesthesia praCtice for Caesarean dElivery Snapshot Study (ACCESS): Protocol and baseline characteristics of registered centres
Authors' conclusion
The ACCESS registration survey revealed variability in volume and CD practice as well as training-levels and staffing among European countries.
Study context
- Population
- Centres registered for the ACCESS study of anaesthesia management for caesarean delivery (CD) in Europecentres in 32 countries
- Participants
- 418 participants
- Outcome
- Characteristics of registered centres
Methodological detailsmulticentre, European, snapshot (2-week) design, registration survey, protocol and baseline characteristics, Registration survey launched July 2022 (Google Forms), distributed via personal connections, societies, social media, Euroanaesthesia 2023 and ESAIC newsletter
- Multicentre
- European
- Snapshot (2-week) design
- Registration survey
- Protocol and baseline characteristics
- Registration survey launched July 2022 (Google Forms), distributed via personal connections, societies, social media, Euroanaesthesia 2023 and ESAIC newsletter
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Anticipated CD cases over planned 12-month study period
- 15,073
- Anticipated CD cases per centre during 2-week window, median (range)
- 20 (2 to 400)
- Small centres (≤2000 annual CD cases)
- 366/418 (87.6%)
- Medium centres (2000-5000 cases)
- 42
- Large centres (≥5000 annual CD cases)
- 10
- Centres where CD anaesthesia performed mostly by specialist obstetric anaesthesiologist
- 134 (32.0%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Anaesthesia praCtice for Caesarean dElivery Snapshot Study (ACCESS): Protocol and baseline characteristics of registered centres. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 26 April 2024. doi:10.
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