Recent COVID-19 Infection Affects Mortality After Ambulatory Surgery

Patients with recent COVID-19 infection may have an increased risk for mortality after ambulatory surgery, ...

JANUARY 15, 2024

Ambulatory Surgery Soon After PCI Heightens Readmissions

Ambulatory surgery after percutaneous coronary intervention is not uncommon, but readmissions within 30 days in ...

MAY 26, 2022

Ambulatory Surgical Centers Deemed Safe, But Mortality Varies by Procedure

A uniquely designed study found that that procedures performed at ASCs are exceedingly safe, but show a marked ...

MARCH 2, 2022

Model Predicts Readmission Likelihood After Ambulatory Surgery

Chicago—There is now a tool to help predict which patients are at greatest risk for unplanned readmission ...

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Model Predicts Readmission Likelihood After Ambulatory Surgery

Chicago—There is now a tool to help predict which patients are at greatest risk for unplanned readmission ...

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Ambulatory Surgery Centers Seeing Older, Sicker Patients

Boston—The demographic characteristics of patients presenting for ambulatory surgery are changing—they ...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Predictors of Unplanned Admissions Charted At Ambulatory Surgery Center

The patient’s physical status, the duration of surgery and the surgical specialty are all factors affecting ...

OCTOBER 6, 2016