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Children are excellent candidates for outpatient (ambulatory) surgery. The typical pediatric surgical patient has no serious systemic disorder. Furthermore, most surgical procedures in children are simple and require less complicated techniques than those used in adults. From the child’s perspective, the two greatest advantages of ambulatory surgery are the minimization of parental separation and the reduction of exposure to hospital-acquired infections.
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Hannallah, R.S. (1995). Pediatric Outpatient Anesthesia . In: Stanley, T.H., Schafer, P.G. (eds) Pediatric and Obstetrical Anesthesia. Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0319-0_25
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