Discharge criteria for ambulatory surgery: a review of the current literature.
Over the past two decades there has been an increasing trend toward ambulatory surgery. There has also been a corresponding emphasis in research in this area, with particular attention to perioperative management and preoperative selection of ambulatory patients. However, one area of limited information in the literature is postoperative management of the ambulatory surgery patient, in particular, discharge criteria from an ambulatory surgery unit. This paper will address the importance of this issue and provide an overview of the criteria considered in the current literature.
Dept of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine.
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D000359:Aftercare; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011182:Postoperative Care