Outpatient surgery is one of the fastest growing trends In health care today. Providing preoperative and postoperative care to a diverse patient population in a limited amount of time presents numerous challenges.
The same-day surgery unit is used not only for surgical patients but also for many medical patients. Patients requiring many kinds of I.V. therapy and blood transfusions and those scheduled for radio-graphic intervention procedures are brought to the unit. Patients recovering from upper endoscopies and colonoscopies spend time here. Patients having pain control procedures such as epidural steroid injections or trigger point injections recover here. Some SDS units also care for pediatric patients having outpatient surgery. Patients may be admitted through this unit for all major elective surgery.
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps
