Open AccessA nested case-control study to determine the incidence and factors associated with unanticipated admissions following day care surgery
Author(s) -
Madhurita Singh,
Manickam Ponniah,
K Jacob
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.193676
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , odds ratio , univariate analysis , american society of anesthesiologists , respite care , multivariate analysis , emergency medicine , surgery , nursing , physics , optics
Day care surgery offers respite from hospitalisation for specific surgical procedures and has many advantages. However, occasionally patients who undergo such surgery require hospitalisation for unanticipated complications. We aimed to determine their incidence and to identify factors associated with unanticipated admissions in a tertiary care hospital in South India.