Day surgery: the value of monitored anesthesia care and intraoperative monitoring.
Recently an increasing percentage of patients is receiving care and surgical procedures in Day Surgery (DS), undergoing local or loco-regional anesthesia techniques, to which many patients appear to be rather reluctant and show fear and anxiety. The anesthesiologist can resolve this problem administering i.v. hypnotic and analgesic drugs and adjusting their level to patient's needs and type of surgery. They increase the patient's compliance to DS care and contribute to its diffusion. Nowadays, commonly used drugs permit quick changes of anesthesia depth with a fast and safe recovery but these require an appropriate monitoring in order to prevent and rapidly detect the onset of complications. In this study we analyze the peculiarity of Monitored Anesthesia Care and the appropriate intraoperative monitoring especially regarding the use of pulse oximetry.
Bartoloni
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Institute of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Verona.
Barzoi
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Gottin
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Finco
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Rigo
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V
Polati
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E
D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000758:Anesthesia; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative