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Adult Clinical Challenges

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Successful ambulatory surgery begins with proper selection and screening of patients. It then requires intelligent perioperative management of the medical issues that have been identified during the preoperative evaluation. Both of these areas, preoperative evaluation and perioperative management, are constantly evolving, and maintaining a current knowledge base is a challenge for the busy ambulatory anesthesiologist.

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  1. New York Medical College, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers—St. Vincent’s Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

    Donald M. Mathews MD (Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Mathews, D.M., Twersky, R.S. (2008). Adult Clinical Challenges. 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_3

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