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Anaesthetic strategies towards developments in day care surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

A. Prabhu  and
F. Chung
A. Prabhu
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst St., EC 2-046, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
F. Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst St., EC 2-046, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
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Abstract

Ambulatory surgery is growing worldwide. The challenge of providing anaesthesia for longer and more complex surgery in sicker and elderly patients is a reality. To maintain the safety and good outcomes of ambulatory anaesthesia, high-risk patients will need to be evaluated carefully. Anaesthetic techniques that use short-acting drugs and minimize postoperative morbidity and mortality should become the focus. Policies on management of postoperative pain, nausea, vomiting, voiding and discharge from hospital will maintain good outcome measures.

Keywords

anaesthesiaoutpatientambulatory surgical proceduresday surgerypatient selectionpreoperative assessmentpostoperative complicationspostoperative nausea and vomitingpain
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Original Article
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 18 , Issue S23 , November 2001 , pp. 36 - 42
Copyright
2001 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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