Guidelines for day-case surgery 2019: Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the British Association of Day Surgery

C R Bailey; M Ahuja; K Bartholomew; S Bew; L Forbes; A Lipp; J Montgomery; K Russon; O Potparic; M Stocker

doi:10.1111/anae.14639

Guidelines for day-case surgery 2019: Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the British Association of Day Surgery

Anaesthesia. 2019 Jun;74(6):778-792. doi: 10.1111/anae.14639. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

Authors

C R Bailey¹, M Ahuja², K Bartholomew³, S Bew⁴, L Forbes⁵, A Lipp⁶, J Montgomery⁷, K Russon⁸, O Potparic⁹, M Stocker¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Chair of Working Party, Association of Anaesthetists, London, UK.
² Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Elected Member, British Association of Day Surgery, Wolverhampton, UK.
³ Department of Anaesthesia, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Elected Member, Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Huddersfield, UK.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Elected Member, Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Leeds, UK.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesia, Ninewells Hospital, Elected Member Trainee Committee, Association of Anaesthetists, Dundee, Scotland.
⁶ Department of Anaesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Elected Member, British Association of Day Surgery, Norwich, UK.
⁷ Department of Anaesthesia, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Elected Member, British Association of Day Surgery, Torbay, UK.
⁸ Department of Anaesthesia, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Elected Member, British Association of Day Surgery, Rotherham, UK.
⁹ Department of Anaesthesia, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, SAS Committee, Association of Anaesthetists, London, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Anaesthesia, Torbay and South Devon, NHS Foundation Trust, President, British Association of Day Surgery, Torbay, UK.

PMID: 30963557
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14639

Abstract

Guidelines are presented for the organisational and clinical management of anaesthesia for day-case surgery in adults and children. The advice presented is based on previously published recommendations, clinical studies and expert opinion.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Adult
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures* / methods
Anesthesia* / methods
Anesthesiology / methods
Child
Humans
Societies, Medical
United Kingdom