Remote patient monitoring to facilitate same-day discharge after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a pilot evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited hospital inpatient capacity, exacerbated by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and associated staffing shortages, has driven interest in converting surgeries historically done as inpatient procedures to same-day surgeries (SDS). Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has the potential to increase safety and confidence in SDS but has had mixed success in a bariatric population.

Objectives

Assess the feasibility of and adherence to a protocol offering patients same-day laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) supported by RPM with an updated wearable device. Secondary outcomes were readmissions, costs, adherence, and clinical alarm rates.

Setting

Academic, military tertiary referral center (United States).

Methods

A single-center, retrospective case control study of p

SUBMITTER: Schaffner TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015823 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature