1.
Todays OR Nurse
; 1(6): 9-12, 1979 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-257950
2.
Arch Surg
; 114(3): 319-20, 1979 Mar.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-435038
RESUMO
The development of a program of one-day surgery for ambulatory patients in one hospital was stimulated by overloaded operating room facilities and a long waiting list of patients for hospital admission. This concept has received enthusiastic reception by the surgical staff and the number of operations has increased to over 7,500 per year. All of the surgical specialty services use the surgical day care unit, although the number of cases suitable for ambulatory surgical treatment varies greatly on the various services. There have been no deaths and about 1% of patients have been admitted to the hospital from the surgical day care unit for a variety of reasons that are summarized.