Open AccessComplications after Supramajor Gastrointestinal Surgery: Role of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery
Author(s) -
Martin Thomas,
Riddhi Joshi,
Manish S. Bhandare,
Vandana Agarwal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23615
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , ileus , adverse effect , perioperative , gastric emptying , surgery , intensive care medicine , anastomosis , general surgery , stomach , physics , optics
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is currently the standard of care in perioperative medicine, but it is widely underutilized in our healthcare setting because of the lack of awareness of benefits exerted by ERAS and its components. ERAS is a multidisciplinary collaboration, where intensivists play an important role in the implementation of the protocol during the perioperative period.