Office-based anesthesia: safety and outcomes.

Fred E Shapiro; Nathan Punwani; Noah M Rosenberg; Arnaldo Valedon; Rebecca Twersky; Richard D Urman

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Office-based anesthesia: safety and outcomes.

August 13, 2014

Shapiro FE, Punwani N, Rosenberg NM, et al. Anesth Analg. 2014;119(2):276-285.

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Office-based anesthesia has become more widely performed, despite a paucity of studies evaluating mortality and morbidity associated with the practice. This review proposes that increased use of office-based anesthesia will result in improved techniques and anesthetics for the ambulatory environment, enhancing safety and informing regulations for such procedures.

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