Autor: Smith, Ian; Mc Whinnie, Douglas; Jackson, Ian
Day Case Surgery
1st Edition 2011, 352 p.

About the book:

• Provides a concise source of knowledge and advice with widespread appeal to anyone involved in day surgery
• Appeals to a multidisclipinary audience across day surgery
• A unique and practical guide to the rapidly growing area of day surgery
• Written by the president and former presidents of the British Association of Day Surgery

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.

 Contents 

1: Overview
2: Overview of ambulatory surgery
3: Selection criteria
4: Preassessment
5: Adult general anaesthesia
6: Spinal anaesthesia
7: Local and regional anaesthesia
8: Sedation
9: Adult day surgery analgesia
10: Managing complications
11: Paediatric day surgery
12: Surgical procedures
13: Principles of day surgery nursing
14: Nursing care for advanced day surgery
15: Pushing the patient boundaries
16: Outcome measures
17: Developing day surgery
18: Patient safety
19: The patient's experience
20: Teaching and training in the day unit