title: Current issues in pediatric ambulatory anesthesia.
abstract: This article summarizes current guidelines in pediatric ambulatory anesthesia and surgery. The reader is provided with our department's current outpatient guidelines at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the rationale behind them. Whenever possible, the differences in anesthetic management for the freestanding surgicenter will be discussed. Appropriate patient and procedure selection, preoperative assessment, intraoperative and postoperative considerations, and protocols for follow-up are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 9th Floor Main Building, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Semyon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fishkin
authors.forename: Ronald S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Litman
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D018579:Patient Selection; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000639:trends*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D018570:Risk Assessment