Enhanced Recovery After Surgery A Complete Guide to Optimizing O
This book is the first comprehensive, authoritative reference that provides a broad and comprehensive overview of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS). Written by experts in the field, chapters analyze elements of care that are both generic and specific
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Enhanced Recovery ® After Surgery (ERAS )
A Complete Guide to Optimizing Outcomes
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Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Olle Ljungqvist • Nader K. Francis Richard D. Urman Editors
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery A Complete Guide to Optimizing Outcomes
Editors Olle Ljungqvist Department of Surgery Örebro University Hospital Örebro Sweden Richard D. Urman Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA USA
Nader K. Francis Department of Surgery Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Higher Kingston Yeovil, Somerset UK
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Foreword
Since “enhanced postoperative recovery programs” (ERPs) were first described in colonic surgery in 1995, the implications of ERPs have been extensive, not only by enhancing recovery but also by reducing hospital stay and medical complications with obvious secondary significant economic benefits. In this context, the ERAS® Society has made huge contributions for worldwide assistance to spread the message of these universal surgical care programs. Furthermore, the ERP results have led to the establishment of several regional or national ERAS-type societies with several guidelines worldwide. However, the present book is so far the most extensive document covering all aspects of ERPs, from basic pathophysiology of postoperative recovery to a detailed description of pre-, intra-, and postoperative factors to be considered for implementation. Although several chapters consider the classical well-estab
