The night after surgery. Postoperative management of the pediatric outpatient--surgical and anesthetic aspects

M Yaster; J E Sola; W Pegoli Jr; C N Paidas

doi:10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38699-0

The night after surgery. Postoperative management of the pediatric outpatient--surgical and anesthetic aspects

Pediatr Clin North Am. 1994 Feb;41(1):199-220. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38699-0.

Authors

M Yaster¹, J E Sola, W Pegoli Jr, C N Paidas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Medical and Surgical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 8295803
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38699-0

Abstract

Outpatient or "ambulatory" anesthesia and surgery has revolutionized the way surgery is practiced in the United States. Safe, reliable, inexpensive, and convenient outpatient surgery is an attractive option for parents, children, health care providers, and insurers.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / methods*
Anesthesia / methods*
Child
Fever / drug therapy
Humans
Infections / drug therapy
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
Postoperative Care / methods*
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
Urinary Retention / therapy
Vomiting / drug therapy