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ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY (ERAS)
ANAESTHESIA TUTORIAL OF THE WEEK
8TH NOVEMBER 2010
Enhanced recovery is a combination of elements of care for elective surgery which aims to:
- Optimise pre-operative preparation for surgery
- Avoid iatrogenic problems such as postoperative ileus
- Minimise the stress response to surgery
- Speed recovery and return to normal function
- Early recognition of abnormal recovery and intervention if necessary
- The overall strategy is that patients are in the best health for surgery, have evidence based care
- throughout their hospital stay and have the best possible rehabilitation...
Download the tutorial from this link!
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