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Published on: August 1, 2019
Outpatient preanaesthesia evaluation clinics
E Lew1, D J Pavlin, L Amundsen
1Department of Anaesthesia, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899. Eileen.Lew@kkh.com.sg
Abstract:
In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift from an inpatient to outpatient preanaesthesia evaluation. This has been driven by rising healthcare costs and the increasing popularity of ambulatory and same-day admission surgery. These outpatient preanaesthesia clinics play an important role in enhancing the cost-effectiveness of the perioperative process. This review describes the structure of modern outpatient preanaesthesia evaluation clinics, and the associated benefits, limitations and controversies.
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