title: Full recovery after different anesthesia techniques for short diagnostic procedures.
abstract: When suitable, local anesthetic techniques are preferable for ambulatory short diagnostic procedures. If general anesthesia is used no or only very light premedication, induction with a short acting i.v. agent and the maintenance of anesthesia with nitrous oxide plus oxygen plus an inhalational agent or alternatively with short acting i.v. anesthetic and analgesic seems today to provide fastest recovery. Patients should always arrange for a responsible adult to accompany them home. Minimal requirements for safe discharge should in addition to stable vital signs and the ability to maintain oral fluids include that patients are able to dress themselves and able to walk out. These criteria, however, do not indicate that patients are fully recovered after anesthesia. In most cases patients are not fully recovered when discharged from hospital after even brief anesthesia and they should refrain from driving, operating machinery, and delay making important decisions for at least 24 hours after anesthesia.
mesh_terms: D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia / Q000378:metabolism; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011597:Psychomotor Performance
chemical_list: D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia; D000777:Anesthetics