Why the study?
What is the rate and what are the causes of unexpected hospital admission following day case surgery?
What is the rate and what are the causes of unexpected hospital admission following day case surgery?
Day case surgery is safe with a very low rate of unexpected hospital admission (0.7%), which can be further minimized by using short-acting anaesthetic agents and avoiding procedures longer than 60 minutes.
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Unexpected day-case admissions remain rare and mostly anesthesia-related; leaves open optimal mitigation strategies in larger cohorts.
Johnson et al. (1991) studied this question.
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