Perioperative medicine & outcomes

Peri‐operative management of patients having day surgery: a consensus statement from the Association of Anaesthetists, British Association for Day Surgery and the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists, Great Britain and Ireland

AnaesthesiaPublished Consensus statement

Methodological detailstargeted literature review, two-round modified Delphi process
  • Targeted literature review
  • Two-round modified Delphi process

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Selection, pre-assessment and optimisation of patients having surgery

  2. Impact of comorbidities (including frailty, obesity and OSA)

  3. Surgical procedures (including urgent and emergency surgeries)

  4. Logistical considerations

  5. Anaesthetic techniques

  6. Discharge processes

Original publication

Peri‐operative management of patients having day surgery: a consensus statement from the Association of Anaesthetists, British Association for Day Surgery and the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists, Great Britain and Ireland. Anaesthesia. Published 15 September 2026. doi:10.1111/anae.70408

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