Handbook of Ambulatory Anesthesia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Twersky, Rebecca S. (Editor), Philip, Beverly K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Surgical care has undergone a dramatic shift in the past few decades away from inpatient-hospital to ambulatory procedures. More and more, ambulatory surgical centers have become the facility of choice for many types of operations. Advances in minimally invasive surgery, anesthesia techniques and ot...

Table of Contents:

• Preanesthesia Evaluation and Testing
• Minimally invasive and advanced ambulatory procedures
• Adult Clinical Challenges
• Pediatric clinical challenges
• Pediatric perioperative management
• Adult preoperative preparation: equipment and monitoring
• Sedation techniques
• Regional anesthesia
• General anesthesia
• Anesthesia outside the operating room
• Office-based anesthesia
• Postanesthesia care recovery and management
• Discharge process
• Quality management, regulation, and accreditation
• Ambulatory surgery center profitability, efficiency, and cost containment
• Administrative aspects of ambulatory surgery.