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Postanesthesia care recovery and management

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Anesthesia for ambulatory surgical patients is conducted in a variety of clinical settings. The specifics of each facility’s environment will determine the characteristics of the setting for postoperative care. Ambulatory patients may be fully integrated with inpatients in the main operating room of a full-service hospital, handled in segregated operating rooms within a hospital, or cared for in a separate hospital-affiliated or freestanding building. These arrangements affect patient selection, the type of surgery offered, and management of the recovery process. The following discussion will focus on generic aspects of postanesthesia care for the ambulatory patient which must be adapted for individual institutional circumstances.

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  1. The David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Johnathan L. Pregler MD (Clinical Professor)

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, The David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Patricia A. Kapur MD (Professor and Chair)

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn

    Rebecca S. Twersky MD, MPH (Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical Director) (Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical Director)

  2. Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA

    Rebecca S. Twersky MD, MPH (Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical Director) (Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medical Director)

  3. Harvard Medical School, USA

    Beverly K. Philip MD (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director) (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director)

  4. Day Surgery Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Beverly K. Philip MD (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director) (Professor of Anaesthesia, Director)

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Pregler, J.L., Kapur, P.A. (2008). Postanesthesia care recovery and management. In: Twersky, R.S., Philip, B.K. (eds) Handbook of Ambulatory Anesthesia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73329-6_12

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