Cardiac ERAS: A Guide to Team Building and Successful Implementation

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS ®) is a bundled approach to perioperative care based upon the philosophy that patients do better when emotional and physiologic stresses are minimized during surgery. The goal of ERAS is to return patients to normal functional status as quickly as possible. Initially designed for patients having co lorectal surgery, ERAS programs have now been developed for nearly every surgical subspecialty. Multiple studies examining the effect of ERAS have demonstrated decreased postoperative complications, length of stay, costs, and increased patient and staff satisfaction.

Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - February 27, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Rawn Salenger, Vicki Morton-Bailey, Michael Grant, Alexander Gregory, Judson B. Williams, Daniel T. Engelman Tags: ADULT – State of the Art Source Type: research