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Informed consent and transesophageal echocardiography: a review of patient responses
Timothy E Paterick1, Zachary R Paterick, Gerald Fletcher
1Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States. paterick.timothy@mayo.edu
Objective:
To identify whether our pre-procedure discussion of the risks of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) as well as documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR) met the standard of care for informed consent.
Methods:
Questionnaires were mailed to 500 patients who underwent a TEE at the Mayo Clinic Florida (MCF) requesting responses to questions that would identify how well the risks of the TEE procedure were discussed.
Results:
A positive response to the questions regarding the risks of TEE ranged from 75 to 95% and adequate documentation in the EMR revealed a 66% compliance rate.
Conclusions:
Individual physician and institutional commitment to informed consent at MCF is reflected in the very positive response to our questionnaire for meeting the criteria of informed consent; however, the documentation of the procedure discussion fell below the desired rate.
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