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[Ambulatory anesthesia practice in a University Hospital Center: what is done; what could be done. Ambulatory
1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation 1, hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
Objectives:
To estimate the number and type of patients, who could be managed on a day-care basis in a University Hospital. Cases of ambulatory anaesthesia (AA) which could be managed in optimal conditions and current AA practice. To assess patients' opinion on inpatient or outpatient practices.
Study Design:
Prospective survey over 8 weeks in 21 medical units potentially concerned by ambulatory practice.
Patients:
Series of 1,396 patients undergoing an operation included in a previously established list of outpatient procedures.
Method:
A questionnaire was completed for each patient, from preoperative anaesthesia consultation until discharge. Thereafter patients were contacted after home discharge by telephone or mail.
Results:
In the group of the 1,396 selected patients, 301 (22%) were contra-indicated for AA. In optimal conditions AA was indicated in 20% of all patients treated in these units. At the time of the survey there were 285 outpatients (26% of potential AA, 5% of all patients). Complications were uncommon. Ninety-eight percent of them would choose day surgery again. Among the 810 inpatients, 279 responded: 53% would prefer to be an ambulatory patient.
Conclusion:
At the time of this survey only one fourth of the possible oupatients for AA had in fact been treated on a day-case basis. Its development requires an improvement of the structures, team organisation and patients' information.
