title: The night after surgery. Postoperative management of the pediatric outpatient--surgical and anesthetic aspects.
abstract: Outpatient or "ambulatory" anesthesia and surgery has revolutionized the way surgery is practiced in the United States. Safe, reliable, inexpensive, and convenient outpatient surgery is an attractive option for parents, children, health care providers, and insurers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Medical and Surgical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaster
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sola
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pegoli
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Paidas
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005334:Fever / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000628:therapy; D014839:Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy