Patient's Preference for Same-Day Discharge or Hospitalization After Bariatric Surgery.

Purpose: Enhanced Recovery After Bariatric Surgery protocols have proven to be effective in reducing complication rates and length of stay. Guidelines do not include a recommendation on the length of hospital stay whereas same-day discharge is currently widely investigated on safety and feasibility. However, none of these studies takes patient preferences into account.

Lessons Learned from Telemonitoring in an Outpatient Bariatric Surgery Pathway-Secondary Outcomes of a Patient Preference Clinical Trial.

Background: Remote monitoring is increasingly used to support postoperative care. This study aimed to describe the lessons learned from the use of telemonitoring in an outpatient bariatric surgery pathway.

Materials And Methods: Patients were assigned based on their preference to an intervention cohort of same-day discharge after bariatric surgery.

Telemonitoring for perioperative care of outpatient bariatric surgery: Preference-based randomized clinical trial.

Importance: Implementation of bariatric surgery on an outpatient basis is hampered by concerns about timely detection of postoperative complications. Telemonitoring could enhance detection and support transition to an outpatient recovery pathway.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate non-inferiority and feasibility of an outpatient recovery pathway after bariatric surgery, supported by remote monitoring compared to standard care.

The Accuracy of Wrist-Worn Photoplethysmogram-Measured Heart and Respiratory Rates in Abdominal Surgery Patients: Observational Prospective Clinical Validation Study.

Background: Postoperative deterioration is often preceded by abnormal vital parameters. Therefore, vital parameters of postoperative patients are routinely measured by nursing staff. Wrist-worn sensors could potentially provide an alternative tool for the measurement of vital parameters in low-acuity settings.

Continuous remote monitoring in post-bariatric surgery patients: development of an early warning protocol.

Background: Continuous monitoring of vital parameters after bariatric surgery can detect postoperative bleeding or anastomotic leakage.

Objectives: This report describes the development of a continuous remote early warning score (CREWS). This is an EWS-based notification protocol for deterioration detection in bariatric patients.