Anaesthesia for day-care surgery: a symposium (III). Anaesthesia for adult surgical out-patients.
This discussion is based on the experience of the Phoenix Surgicenter, where over 60,000 patients have been anaesthetized since 1970. Patients accepted for out-patient surgery are ASA Status I or II, although status III patients may be included if their co-existing disability is under excellent control. Eighty-five per cent of adult patients receive general anaesthesia. A wide variety of local and regional anaesthetic techniques may be used. Efforts during recovery are directed towards preparing the patient for discharge in a "home ready" condition for safe handling by attending relatives. The common complications have been postoperative nausea or emesis and hypotension. The hospital transfer rate has been 0.2 per cent.
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