Anaes SAQs · Day-case & ambulatory anaesthesia
The patient selection for the day-case surgery
Primary — the medical fitness (the ASA 1-2, the controlled disease), the social (the escort, the caregiver, the home environment), the surgical suitability (the duration, the bleeding, the pain, the airway risk), and the specific exclusions (the uncontrolled disease, the severe OSA, the morbid obesity with the comorbidity).
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Describe the criteria for the patient selection for the day-case (the ambulatory) surgery.
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Describe the criteria for the patient selection for the day-case (the ambulatory) surgery.
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- [1]Swett BJ, et al. Comprehensive review of office-based anesthesia safety. Anesthesiology Clinics, 2026.PMID 42069399
- [42069400]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.