• Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Apr 2023

    Review

    Anaesthesia role in enhanced recovery after surgery: a revolution in care outcomes.

    • Hans D de Boer, Michael J Scott, and William J Fawcett.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Procedural Sedation and Analgesia, Martini General Hospital Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
    • Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2023 Apr 1; 36 (2): 202207202-207.

    Purpose Of ReviewEnhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has revolutionized care outcomes. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of how ERAS changed healthcare outcomes.Recent FindingsDevelopment of multidisciplinary evidence-based ERAS guidelines for specific surgical specialties and systematic implementation of these guidelines resulted in improved healthcare outcomes, reduction in length of stay, reduction in complications and improved survival. The value of audit of the outcomes is essential for implementation and to improve healthcare. Healthcare economics analysis related to the implementation of ERAS showed significant cost savings up to a return to investment ratio of more than seven.SummaryERAS has revolutionized healthcare by developing evidence-based ERAS guidelines and systematic implementation of these guidelines. Audit of outcomes is essential, not only to improve healthcare but also to significantly save healthcare expenditures.Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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