Patient information about general anaesthesia on the internet

Summary The internet is a frequently consulted source of health information. Using the Google search engine, we searched for patient information about general anaesthesia on the world wide web, using four synonyms of the term in four languages and analysing the top 20 results. Of the 320 search resu...

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Published in:Anaesthesia 2009-04, Vol.64 (4), p.408-415
Main Authors: Tallgren, M., Bäcklund, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, General
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthesiology - education
Biological and medical sciences
Consumer Health Information - standards
Health education
Humans
Information retrieval
Internet
Internet - standards
Language
Medical sciences
Patient Education as Topic - methods
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Summary:Summary The internet is a frequently consulted source of health information. Using the Google search engine, we searched for patient information about general anaesthesia on the world wide web, using four synonyms of the term in four languages and analysing the top 20 results. Of the 320 search results, 104 (32%) contained relevant information: 36 (45%) with the English (UK); 39 (49%) with the English (US); 13 (16%) with the Swedish; and 16 (20%) with the Finnish search terms (p 
ISSN:0003-2409
1365-2044
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05813.x