What are substitutes? When should I speak to the anesthesiologist?
Can I refuse Propofol or any hypnotic sedative before receiving general anesthesia?
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- 9 weeks ago by m42orion
- Topics:
- anesthesia, propofol
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You have the right to refuse any medicine. However you should speak to your anaesthetist
about your concerns and options.
see: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/generalanesthesia/htm/index.htm
I spoke with the hospital (Kettering, Dayton, OH). I was advised that when it comes to the anesthesiologist, I am not permitted under hospital policy to speak with an anesthesiologist until a few minutes before the procedure. No pre-review is done, and I am, again with hospital policy, not permitted to express in writing or verbally any desires I have for one anesthetic over another, and when I sign the consent, I am consigning any and all decisions to the anesthesiologist, and I am not permitted to question beforehand. I do not know if I can even find out what I was given afterward!!!! Can this be right? This goes against everything I believe in. Have you ever heard of such a policy? (And, I thought, as a patient, I had certain rights and am a customer-doesn't sound like it). I do not want to be given propofol/dirpivan or any sedative hypnotic drug, used as an anesthestic "inducer". I will go to "patient relations" and press it, or, I might just just succumb. I do not want to do anything that is a "deal-breaker" on my having the procedure. Advice? Thanks.