Anesthesia Teleconsultation: Quality, Medicoeconomic Interest, and Patient Satisfaction of Preoperative Assessment-A Prospective Observational Study.

Telemedicine can be defined as the use of telecommunication technology for performing medical acts remotely by health professionals. Currently in anesthesia, teleconsultation (TC) is becoming widespread, although the benefit and quality have not been well evaluated. The objective of this study was to assess the quality, the patient satisfaction, as well as the ecological and medicoeconomic impacts of the preanesthesia TC.

[Comparative study of the acceptability of the SpeediCath Set and Actreen set catheterization sets in patients performing self-catheterization].

Objective: To compare SpeediCath Set to Actreen Set in terms of performance, acceptability and safety, in patients performing self-catheterization.

Material And Methods: Four questionnaires were completed during this multicentre, randomized, crossover study: initial, after having tested each of the two products and patient preference at the end of the study.

Results: Analysis was based on 29 men performing self-catheterization.