[Palliative sedation in a man with oral cancer; the Royal Dutch Medical Association guidelines not always sufficient].

Background: Palliative sedation is an effective treatment option in patients with refractory symptoms in the last phase of life. In 2009 the Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) published revised guidelines. The dosage of propofol recommended in these guidelines is, however, based on one single study.

[Outpatient preoperative examination by the anesthesiologist. II. Patient satisfaction].

Objective: To determine patient satisfaction after the reorganisation of the preoperative screening.

Setting: General Hospital De Weezenlanden, Zwolle, The Netherlands.

Design: Retrospective patient interview.

[Outpatient preoperative examination by the anesthesiologist. I. Fewer procedures and preoperative hospital days].

Objective: To study the effect of the reorganisation of the preoperative screening on the volume of laboratory and function tests, and on preoperative hospital days.

Setting: General Hospital De Weezenlanden, Zwolle, The Netherlands.

Design: Retrospective study.