title: Anaesthetic strategies towards developments in day care surgery.
abstract: Ambulatory surgery is growing worldwide. The challenge of providing anaesthesia for longer and more complex surgery in sicker and elderly patients is a reality. To maintain the safety and good outcomes of ambulatory anaesthesia, high-risk patients will need to be evaluated carefully. Anaesthetic techniques that use short-acting drugs and minimize postoperative morbidity and mortality should become the focus. Policies on management of postoperative pain, nausea, vomiting, voiding and discharge from hospital will maintain good outcome measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst St., EC 2-046, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000758:Anesthesia; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction; D000777:Anesthetics; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy; D010351:Patient Discharge; D018579:Patient Selection; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000628:therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics