Attitudes of postnatal women and maternity staff towards audio recording of consent discussions.

Audio recording consent discussions, and giving a copy of the recording to the patient to keep, might improve the consent process and reduce the risk of misunderstandings, complaints or medicolegal claims. However, there may be concerns over confidentiality and how being recorded could affect the consent discussion. We ascertained the views of 50 postnatal women and 100 maternity staff (25 anaesthetists, 25 obstetricians and 50 midwives) on making audio recordings of consent discussions.

Nutrition and functional outcomes after critical illness due to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To determine functional outcomes 6 months after intensive care unit admission for severe infection due to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and examine the relationship between nutrition during ICU admission and outcome.

Design, Setting And Participants: Retrospective cohort study of patients with confirmed H1N1 influenza admitted to the ICU, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, June- October 2009.

Main Outcome Measures: Data were collected from medical records, dietitian notes and the daily ICU chart and included: demographics, daily kilocalories (Kcal) and protein delivered compared with dietitian-calculated requirement, ICU and hospital length of stay.