There are multiple reasons for the shift in location of surgical procedures. Technical developments, including advances in surgical techniques, particularly with minimally invasive surgery and new anesthetic agents, have
increased the types of cases t...
There are multiple reasons for the shift in location of surgical procedures. Technical developments, including advances in surgical techniques, particularly with minimally invasive surgery and new anesthetic agents, have
increased the types of cases that can be performed on an outpatient basis. Changing economic conditions and the increasing desire of patients to return home early have all altered the demand for ambulatory surgery. In the last decade, day stay anesthesia has been blessed with the introduction of several agents that have tremendously affected the quality of care we can provide to our patients. Those agents that have been most successful in
their effect on our daily practice (enflurane, isoflurane,midazolam, propofol, and vecuronium) have provided some combination of following qualities to our patients: more rapid recovery, easy titration to individual patient's need, and fewer side effects.In today's health care environment, there is increasing
pressure for improved efficiency, outcome, and safety in anesthetic practice. This article reviews an usefullness of each anesthetic agents for day stay anesthesia in dentistry, which include intravenous agents, inhalation agents,
analgesic agents, muscle relaxants and premedicant drugs.