Non-operating Room Anesthesia: Is It Worth the Risk?

AbstractPurpose of ReviewNon-operating room anesthesia (NORA) has continued to grow. This review provides recent views on the subject and an overview of specific concerns in specialized NORA applications.Recent FindingsRecent literature has reviewed the data from national databases and found no differences in the outcomes of patients undergoing NORA for procedural interventions as opposed to those patients undergoing surgical procedures. Specific areas may have their own challenges and types of patients; however, creation of a system for evaluating, anesthetizing, and recovering these patient from anesthesia results in significant patient benefit.SummaryNORA has been shown to be safe in recent reviews of national data. The future will most likely involve increasing use of NORA; thus, involvement of anesthesiology departments in the planning and building of new spaces for interventions will augment the benefit and decrease the risk of future patient care.
Source: Current Anesthesiology Reports - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research