September 22, 1993JAMA

Major morbidity and mortality within 1 month of ambulatory surgery and anesthesia

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Population

38,598 patients aged 18 years and older undergoing 45,090 consecutive ambulatory procedures and anesthetics…

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Follow-up

30 days

Authors

MWMatthew A. WarnerMayo Clinic

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Implication

Supports low major event rates after ambulatory surgery; leaves open optimal post-discharge monitoring duration.

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Population

38,598 patients aged 18 years and older undergoing 45,090 consecutive ambulatory procedures and anesthetics at a tertiary care rural referral center.

Intervention

Ambulatory surgery and anesthesia

Outcome

Mortality and major morbidity incidences, including myocardial infarction, central nervous system deficit, pulmonary embolism, and respiratory failure at 16 to 72 hours and 30 dayshard clinical

Major morbidity and mortality rates after ambulatory surgery are very low, though more than one third of major morbidities occur 48 hours or later post-surgery.

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Matthew A. Warner (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7023378031ec7bb1dc251a https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.270.12.1437

Topics

Pulmonary embolism

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Major morbidity and mortality within 1 month of ambulatory surgery and anesthesia

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Major morbidity and mortality within 1 month of ambulatory surgery and anesthesia

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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