title: Paediatric day surgery.
abstract: An in-depth study of the experience of 10 children admitted for day surgery revealed that parents received little information before the admission and that this was not compensated for by the information given on admission. Most of the children underwent excessively long pre-operative fasts and only three out of the 10 children were actually discharged on the day of their operation.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: While
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D002666:Psychology, Child