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Office-based anaesthesia resembles standard ambulatory surgery in patient selection and techniques but carries greater liability and risks, necessitating a strict focus on patient safety.
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Supports enhanced safety protocols in office-based anaesthesia; leaves open need for prospective trials to quantify risks.
Office-based anaesthesia is a young but rapidly growing speciality practice. In patient selection, surgical procedures, and anaesthetic techniques this practice is similar to standard ambulatory surgery; however, the liability and risks of office-based anaesthesia are greater. The anaesthesiologist's major challenge is to insist on patient safety in this developing field.
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Cronin et al. (1998) studied this question. Office-based anaesthesia resembles standard ambulatory surgery in patient selection and techniques but carries greater liability and risks, necessitating a strict focus on patient safety.
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