The Ambulatory Anesthesia Handbook

The Ambulatory Anesthesia Handbook provides expert advice on every aspect of ambulatory anesthesia - in one handy guide! It addresses the clinical and administrative concerns that arise in the daily practice of providing anesthesia for patients undergoing ambulatory surgery; fourteen chapters written by experts in the field include Presurgical Evaluation and Laboratory Testing, Common and Special Ambulatory Procedures, Management Dilemmas of Adult and Pediatric Patients, Preoperative Preparation, General and Regional Anesthesia, Sedation Techniques, Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room, Post Anesthesia Care Recovery and Management, Discharge Process, Quality Assurance and Cost Containment; outlines presented at the beginning of each chapter introduce readers to contents; contains over 180 informative tables and boxes; and handy appendix section contains the book's most important tabular and illustrative material.