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The Oxford Specialist Handbook source ofinformation Day Case Surgery is developed by MedHand MobileLibraries.

Over the past decade, the percentage of elective surgicalprocedures performed on a day case basis has increased from 55% toover 70%. The current interest and focus on day surgery is a resultof public demand and government-imposed targets. This concisehandbook provides the practising day surgery professional with amodern overview of current practice to act as both a reference anda practical guide to everyday challenges.

The last ten years has seen major advances in day caseanaesthesia with the introduction of new equipment, multimodaltechniques, and new anaesthetic agents specifically designed forambulatory surgery. The rapid expansion of minimally invasivesurgery has enabled many more procedures to be performed on a shortstay basis and the development of new processes and patientpathways requires expert pre-assessment, nurse-led discharge andoutreach follow-up. This book covers the ambulatory processthroughout the entire patient pathway offering extensive andauthoritative evidence and opinion to the many stakeholders in thismultidisciplinary subject.

• Provides a concise source of knowledge and advice withwidespread appeal to anyone involved in day surgery
• Appeals to a multidisclipinary audience across day surgery
• A unique and practical guide to the rapidly growing area of daysurgery
• Written by the president and former presidents of the BritishAssociation of Day Surgery

Readership: Anaesthetists and surgeons of all grades working inday and short stay surgery. It will also appeal to nurses workingin the pre-assessment or ambulatory unit.

Edited by: Ian Smith, Douglas McWhinnie, and Ian Jackson

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