Escort accompanying discharge after ambulatory surgery: A necessity or a luxury?

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 748-754

  Ip, Hui Yun Vivian ^a   Chung, Frances ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory anesthesia; Ambulatory surgery; Escort; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; AMNESIA; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRIVING ABILITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SEDATION; SLEEP; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT ESCORT SERVICE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 70449476740     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328331d498     Document Type: Review

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