title: Neuraxial anesthesia for outpatients.
abstract: Neuraxial anesthesia for outpatient surgery can provide excellent anesthesia for certain patients. The short-acting local anesthetic 2-chloroprocaine has an appropriate length of action for short outpatient procedures with a very low risk of transient neurologic symptoms. Epidural anesthesia with short-acting agents can provide good outpatient anesthesia for procedures lasting 90 minutes or longer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Virginia Mason Medical Center, B2-AN, 1100 Ninth Avenue, Post Box 900, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. Electronic address: Elizabeth.Alley@vmmc.org.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Alley
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Virginia Mason Medical Center, B2-AN, 1100 Ninth Avenue, Post Box 900, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mulory
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D006801:Humans; D010045:Outpatients
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local
keywords: Ambulatory anesthesia; Epidural anesthesia; Local anesthetics; Neuraxial anesthesia; Spinal anesthesia