Fast-track surgery: Procedure-specific aspects and future direction

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 398, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-37

  Ansari, Daniel ^a   Gianotti, Luca ^b   Schröder, Jörg ^c   Andersson, Roland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Marien Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enhanced recovery after surgery; ERAS; Evidence based medicine; Fast track surgery; Implementation; Perioperative care

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BREAST SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HEPATOPANCREATICOBILIARY SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84871741588     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-012-1006-9     Document Type: Review

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