Fast Track in Thoracic Surgery

Fast-track surgery and the elderly.

will occur before return to an unparalyzed state following 1 mg/kg intravenous succinylcholine. Anesthesiology 1997; 87: 979–82 3 Heier T, Feiner JR, Lin J, Brown R, Caldwell JE. Hemoglobin desaturation after succinylcholine-induced apnea: a study of the recovery of spontaneous ventilation in healthy volunteers. Anesthesiology 2001; 94: 754–9 4 Cook TM, Woodall N, Frerk C. Major complications o...

Fast Track Cardiac Surgery and Anesthesia

Advanced Gynecologic Laparoscopy in a Fast-Track Ambulatory Surgery Center

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES It has been shown that major gynecologic laparoscopy is safe in hospital ambulatory settings, but there is little data to suggest the same in freestanding ambulatory surgery centers. This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of advanced gynecologic laparoscopic surgery using a fast-track model in freestanding ambulatory surgery centers and discusses our institution prot...

Current status of fast-track recovery pathways in pancreatic surgery.

CONTEXT Pancreatic surgery is often associated with significant morbidity, thus requiring high level of peri-operative care and long hospital stay. Multi-modal "enhanced recovery" or "fast-track" pathways have recently been introduced, aiming to expedite patient recovery. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the evidence underpinning the use of fast-track pathways in the peri-operative care of patients unde...

Fast-track recovery in noncoronary cardiac surgery patients.

OBJECTIVE Fast-track recovery protocols result in shorter hospital stays and decreased costs in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. However, data based on an objective scoring system are lacking for the impact of these protocols on patients undergoing cardiac surgery other than isolated CABG. METHODS Between March 1999 and March 2003, 299 consecutive patients who underwent open ca...