AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2026-09-15DOI: 10.1111/anae.70408
Craig R. Bailey, David Bunting, Lindsay Hudman, Shivan Kanani, Kirstin May, Catalina Stendall, Rachel Tibble, Allan Xu, Matthew D. Wiles
{"title":"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","authors":"Craig R. Bailey, David Bunting, Lindsay Hudman, Shivan Kanani, Kirstin May, Catalina Stendall, Rachel Tibble, Allan Xu, Matthew D. Wiles","doi":"10.1111/anae.70408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.70408","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Introduction Day surgery is now recognised widely as being a vital component of modern healthcare delivery with overall day surgery rates in the UK now > 85%. Day surgery offers an enhanced experience for patients with reduced risk of postoperative complications (e.g. infections, cognitive impairment and venous thromboembolism); reduced utilisation of inpatient beds; decreased hospital expenditure; and reduced environmental impact. Day surgery shortens elective surgery waiting times and has a major role to play in overcoming the elective surgery backlog. Despite this, there is still wide variation in day surgery rates across the UK. There is a huge opportunity for continued improvement in the delivery of services though optimising the efficiency and effectiveness of day surgery. Methods This consensus guideline included stakeholders with expertise in the peri‐operative management of day surgery including representation from the Association of Anaesthetists, British Association of Day Surgery and Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Following targeted literature review, a two‐round modified Delphi process was conducted to produce and ratify recommendations. Results Recommendations were made regarding the selection, pre‐assessment and optimisation of patients having surgery; the impact of comorbidities (including frailty, obesity and obstructive sleep apnoea); surgical procedures (including urgent and emergency surgeries); logistical considerations; anaesthetic techniques; and discharge processes. Discussion This pragmatic consensus statement aims to support healthcare providers and institutions with the organisational and clinical peri‐operative management of anaesthesia for day surgery in both adults and children.","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148973426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2026-09-15DOI: 10.1111/anae.70375
Alain F Kalmar, Steffen Rex
{"title":"Front-loaded heat, ocean inertia and the limits of GWP* for desflurane.","authors":"Alain F Kalmar, Steffen Rex","doi":"10.1111/anae.70375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.70375","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148966140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2026-09-15DOI: 10.1111/anae.70393
Viktor A Wünsch, Martin Petzoldt, Christopher Gundler
{"title":"Rethinking difficult facemask ventilation and the real value of pre-operative three-dimensional face scans.","authors":"Viktor A Wünsch, Martin Petzoldt, Christopher Gundler","doi":"10.1111/anae.70393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.70393","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148966149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2026-09-15DOI: 10.1111/anae.70404
Benjamin Javillier, Quentin Fontenelle
{"title":"The illusion of precision: reliability and measurement error of the percentage of glottic opening score","authors":"Benjamin Javillier, Quentin Fontenelle","doi":"10.1111/anae.70404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.70404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148964272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnaesthesiaPub Date : 2026-09-15DOI: 10.1111/anae.70394
Byung‐Moon Choi
{"title":"Routine flumazenil administration and the interpretation of a non‐inferiority comparison: a reply","authors":"Byung‐Moon Choi","doi":"10.1111/anae.70394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.70394","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7742,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.7,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148973427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}