Abstract:
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
With the advent of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries, more patients with comorbidities
are accepted for surgery. Early recovery after surgery is marked by regular and spontaneous
respiration, awake patient, haemodynamic stability, appropriate oxygen saturation and adequate
motor activity, patient is moved to a step down unit for Phase II recovery where he/she is
followed up and readied to go home [1].
Modified Aldrete score and fast-track criteria [2-5] are the two commonly used scoring systems
to assess recovery from general anaesthesia. With increasing number of laparoscopic surgeries
where patients are discharged early, a recovery assessment tool with inbuilt assessment of the
pain and nausea was deemed necessary so that health care providers are fairly confident in their
decision to discharge a patient safely.
