Overnight admission of outpatient strabismus patients.

摘要: The trend to outpatient strabismus surgery prompted us determine the frequency and reasons for postoperative overnight hospital admission. In one year, 303 strabotomies were performed at Jules Stein Eye Institute on patients over 15 months old. Twenty-four (7.9%) admitted post-operatively. 160 adults did not have a significantly different admission rate than 143 children (p=0.14). Compared with controls, those older (37 vs 20.5 years), had longer duration of anesthesia (145 116 min) (104 75 p < 0.01 each. time day that commenced use perioperative medications causative factors. most frequent nausea (38%) despite prophylaxis bilateral patches (16%). To minimize admissions, better strategies should be developed decrease significant nausea, anesthesia, and, if possible, patches.