title: Anesthesia care in the outpatient setting.
abstract: Outpatient anesthesia is a rapidly growing and dynamic specialty. The anesthetist is challenged with brisk patient turnover without compromising safety and high-quality care. Current issues of patient selection, equipment and monitoring, drugs used in outpatient anesthesia, liposuction, recovery and discharge criteria, and legal aspects are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Uminski
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D000758:Anesthesia; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D015187:Lipectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011292:Premedication