Implementing Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Across a United States Health System

Anesthesiol Clin. 2022 Mar;40(1):1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2021.11.011. Epub 2022 Feb 11.

Abstract

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a series of evidence-based perioperative care protocols designed to improve outcomes following surgery. The concept was founded on the principle of producing a predictable quality outcome by reducing morbidity and shortening hospital stay. The key objective of ERAS is to incorporate optimized multimodal perioperative care in a variety of different surgical specialties to reduce injury and stress during the perioperative period and promote a return to normal function rapidly.

Keywords: Enhanced recovery after surgery; Governance structure; Perioperative medicine; Value-based health care.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery*
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Perioperative Care / methods
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • United States