Most patients will remain in the hospital for one to three days after the procedure.
Patients who have had a vagotomy stay in the hospital for about seven days.
Although patients often go home the same day or the evening of the procedure, they should plan to stay at the hospital most of the day.
Most patients who have arthroscopic surgery are released that same day; some patients stay in the hospital overnight
Patients are sometimes only in hospital for one day but usually it is two to three days and longer if there are complications.
Patients undergoing surgical pacemaker implantation usually stay in the hospital overnight.
Parathyroidectomy patients usually stay overnight in the hospital after the operation. Some patients remain hospitalized for one or two additional days.
Discharge from the hospital may occur in as little as one to two days after the procedure, but may be later
In-patients are patients currently staying at the hospital to be treated. An out-patient can be treated at the hospital, but won't necessarily stay there and be admitted.
physicians orders
it's when an admitted patient is given a break to leave the hospital for a short period of time and then return back to complete his treatment, frequently happens to patients who stay in the hospital for long time
You've an appointment for surgery but are not expected to stay over-night. (Out-patients are categorized as patients) not residing in the hospital)
The hospital will care for both patients that are in the facility for no more than a week, as well as patients who are in the facility for more than a month. The longer the patient is in the hospital, the more severe state the person was in to begin with. The short-term stay is for people who can take care of themselves.