After participating in this session, participants will be able to:
Discuss the prevalence of obesity in the ambulatory surgery population, focusing on pediatric and adult patients
Describe perioperative considerations, the fitness of surgery criteria, intra-operative management, and post-operative disposition issues in this patient population
Describe anesthetic considerations of newer anti-coagulations agents and their reversal agents, indications, contra-indications, and guidelines for management in ambulatory anesthesia