Day Case Surgery

by McWhinnie, Douglas; Jackson, Ian; Smith, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780199584338
• ISBN10: 0199584338
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Over the past decade, the percentage of elective surgical procedures performed on a day case basis has increased from 55% to over 70%. The current interest and focus on day surgery is a result of public demand and government-imposed targets. This concise handbook provides the practising day surgery professional with a modern overview of current practice to act as both a reference and a practical guide to everyday challenges. The last ten years has seen major advances in day case anaesthesia with the introduction of new equipment, multimodal techniques, and new anaesthetic agents specifically designed for ambulatory surgery. The rapid expansion of minimally invasive surgery has enabled many more procedures to be performed on a short stay basis and the development of new processes and patient pathways requires expert pre-assessment, nurse-led discharge and outreach follow-up. This book covers the ambulatory process throughout the entire patient pathway offering extensive and authoritative evidence and opinion to the many stakeholders in this multidisciplinary subject.

Table of Contents

Overview

Overview of ambulatory surgery

Selection criteria

Preassessment

Adult general anaesthesia

Spinal anaesthesia

Local and regional anaesthesia

Sedation

Adult day surgery analgesia

Managing complications

Paediatric day surgery

Surgical procedures

Principles of day surgery nursing

Nursing care for advanced day surgery

Pushing the patient boundaries

Outcome measures

Developing day surgery

Patient safety

The patient's experience

Teaching and training in the day unit

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