Table 3.

ERAS Society Guideline Elements

ERAS Society Guideline Elements
Preadmission
 Smoking cessation
 Optimization of nutritional status and comorbid conditions
Preoperative
 Structured patient counseling
 Preoperative carbohydrate treatment
 Prophylaxis against infection, thrombosis, and nausea and vomiting
Intraoperative
 Minimize drains and invasive techniques
 Standardized anesthesia; limit long-acting opioids; nasogastric tube removal before anesthesia reversal
 Body temperature warming
 Locoregional adjunct use
Postoperative
 Early mobilization and protein-rich oral intake
 Early removal of catheters and drains
 Multimodal opioid-sparing pain control
 Multimodal nausea and vomiting control
 Preparation for early discharge
 Multidisciplinary audit of outcomes
ERAS Society Guideline Elements
Preadmission
 Smoking cessation
 Optimization of nutritional status and comorbid conditions
Preoperative
 Structured patient counseling
 Preoperative carbohydrate treatment
 Prophylaxis against infection, thrombosis, and nausea and vomiting
Intraoperative
 Minimize drains and invasive techniques
 Standardized anesthesia; limit long-acting opioids; nasogastric tube removal before anesthesia reversal
 Body temperature warming
 Locoregional adjunct use
Postoperative
 Early mobilization and protein-rich oral intake
 Early removal of catheters and drains
 Multimodal opioid-sparing pain control
 Multimodal nausea and vomiting control
 Preparation for early discharge
 Multidisciplinary audit of outcomes

Information in Table 3 was sourced from Ljungqvist et al.1 ERAS, enhanced recovery following surgery.

Table 3.

ERAS Society Guideline Elements

ERAS Society Guideline Elements
Preadmission
 Smoking cessation
 Optimization of nutritional status and comorbid conditions
Preoperative
 Structured patient counseling
 Preoperative carbohydrate treatment
 Prophylaxis against infection, thrombosis, and nausea and vomiting
Intraoperative
 Minimize drains and invasive techniques
 Standardized anesthesia; limit long-acting opioids; nasogastric tube removal before anesthesia reversal
 Body temperature warming
 Locoregional adjunct use
Postoperative
 Early mobilization and protein-rich oral intake
 Early removal of catheters and drains
 Multimodal opioid-sparing pain control
 Multimodal nausea and vomiting control
 Preparation for early discharge
 Multidisciplinary audit of outcomes
ERAS Society Guideline Elements
Preadmission
 Smoking cessation
 Optimization of nutritional status and comorbid conditions
Preoperative
 Structured patient counseling
 Preoperative carbohydrate treatment
 Prophylaxis against infection, thrombosis, and nausea and vomiting
Intraoperative
 Minimize drains and invasive techniques
 Standardized anesthesia; limit long-acting opioids; nasogastric tube removal before anesthesia reversal
 Body temperature warming
 Locoregional adjunct use
Postoperative
 Early mobilization and protein-rich oral intake
 Early removal of catheters and drains
 Multimodal opioid-sparing pain control
 Multimodal nausea and vomiting control
 Preparation for early discharge
 Multidisciplinary audit of outcomes

Information in Table 3 was sourced from Ljungqvist et al.1 ERAS, enhanced recovery following surgery.

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