Survival After Emergency General Surgery: What can We Learn from Enhanced Recovery Programmes?

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been adopted by many centres and across whole healthcare systems. The results have shown significant reductions in length of stay and postoperative complications. However, there has been very little change in these factors and mortality in emergency surgery...

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Published in:	World journal of surgery Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 1283 - 1287
Main Authors:	Quiney, N., Aggarwal, G., Scott, M., Dickinson, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cham Springer International Publishing 01-06-2016 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Abdomen - surgery Abdominal Surgery Cardiac Surgery Editorial Perspective Emergencies General Surgery Humans Length of Stay Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality - trends Postoperative Care - methods Postoperative Complications - etiology Recovery of Function Surgery Survival Rate Thoracic Surgery Time Factors Vascular Surgery
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Summary:	Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) has been adopted by many centres and across whole healthcare systems. The results have shown significant reductions in length of stay and postoperative complications. However, there has been very little change in these factors and mortality in emergency surgery. Can we learn from principles of ERAS for emergency abdominal surgery?
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ISSN:	0364-2313 1432-2323
DOI:	10.1007/s00268-016-3418-0