Tag: comparative study

Ambulatory general surgery safe for older adults when patients are carefully selected

Editor's Note Older age alone should not exclude patients from ambulatory general surgery. A retrospective study published in Cureus on August 27 found that patients over 75 undergoing short-stay general surgical procedures experienced complication and reintervention rates comparable to younger peers, despite higher comorbidity and anesthetic risk scores. The analysis…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
September 16, 2025
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Hemodynamic stability, less intraop hypotension risk with remimazolam in outpatient IR procedures

Editor's Note New research indicates the anesthetic combination of remimazolam and fentanyl provides optimal hemodynamic stability for patients undergoing short outpatient interventional radiology (IR) procedures, Anesthesiology News July 16 reports. This study, presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, compared common anesthetic combinations at a…

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By: Tarsilla Moura
July 17, 2024
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