Patient selection criteria for ambulatory surgery in children

Discharge criteria and complications after ambulatory surgery.

I n recent years, the emphasis in providing surgical services has undergone remarkable change. Previously, patients undergoing surgical procedures remained in a hospital for many days after the operation. In 1994, 66% of all elective operations in the United States were performed on an outpatient basis (1). More complex ambulatory procedures are being performed on sicker patients (2). With the ...

Surgery of the Ambulatory Patient

Evidence-based patient safety advisory: patient selection and procedures in ambulatory surgery.

Despite the many benefits of ambulatory surgery, there remain inherent risks associated with any surgical care environment that have the potential to jeopardize patient safety. This practice advisory provides an overview of the preoperative steps that should be completed to ensure appropriate patient selection for ambulatory surgery settings. In conjunction, this advisory identifies several phy...

NEW CRITERIA FOR RULE SELECTION IN FUZZY LEARNING CLASSIFIER SYSTEMS

Designing an effective criterion for selecting the best rule is a major problem in theprocess of implementing Fuzzy Learning Classifier (FLC) systems. Conventionally confidenceand support or combined measures of these are used as criteria for fuzzy rule evaluation. In thispaper new entities namely precision and recall from the field of Information Retrieval (IR)systems is adapted as alternative...

The Most Important Criteria for Selection of Foods in Yazd

Background: Selection of the right foods is the first step to have a healthy society. Food selection criteria depend on the food characteristics and food culture in an area. One of the most important factors in selection of the food items is the individuals' social differences and gender issues. Methods: In this paper, 500 people were selected from Yazd city.  Later, this population was categor...