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Ambulatory Surgery Procedures

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Ambulatory surgery anesthesia requires attention to specific goals and patient outcomes particularly with respect to rapid and smooth transition from OR to PACU and discharge. The chapter uses the case of a 6-month-old infant undergoing inguinal hernia to question and highlight these issues. The appropriate selection of patients for ambulatory surgery is reviewed together with critical elements of the preoperative evaluation. Induction and maintenance of anesthesia choices are examined. Provision of appropriate pain management strategies will likewise be questioned for this patient and other typical outpatient procedures.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Joseph P. Cravero MD, FAAP

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Joseph P. Cravero MD, FAAP

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Correspondence to Joseph P. Cravero MD, FAAP .

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  1. Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Robert S. Holzman

  2. Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Thomas J. Mancuso

  3. Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Joseph P. Cravero

  4. Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Chief Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    James A. DiNardo

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Cravero, J.P. (2017). Ambulatory Surgery Procedures. In: Holzman, R., Mancuso, T., Cravero, J., DiNardo, J. (eds) Pediatric Anesthesiology Review. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48448-8_45

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