Autonomous ambulatory surgery unit: A successful model

TUTORIAL: How to Code an Ambulatory Surgery Unit (ASU) Record

Ambulatory cardiac surgery.

In order to move toward a program of reliable and routine ambulatory cardiac surgery there must be a paradigm change in the attitude of both patients and caregivers. The status quo must be abandoned and replaced by the pioneering attitude of the early practitioners who formed our specialty.

Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery

Ambulatory anesthesia allows quick recovery from anesthesia, leading to an early discharge and rapid resumption of daily activities, which can be of great benefit to patients, healthcare providers, third-party payers, and hospitals. Recently, with the development of minimally invasive surgical techniques and short-acting anesthetics, the use of ambulatory surgery has grown rapidly. Additionally...

Ambulatory surgery in Spain

In Spain, ambulatory surgery (AS) is called major ambulatory surgery to emphasise that the focus is on procedures previously or still conducted in an in-patient setting with overnight stay, and that endoscopies and minor surgical excisions are excluded (these procedures were traditionally performed as office procedures). According to the guidelines on major ambulatory surgery produced by the Sp...

[Ambulatory chest surgery].

as any therapeutic or diagnostic surgical procedure performed under general, regional, or local anesthesia, with or without sedation, which requires short-stay postoperative care rather than admission to hospital. According to the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery, the procedure should not be urgent, should be performed within a single normal working day, and should not require m...