Enhanced recovery from surgery in the UK: An audit of the enhanced recovery partnership programme 2009-2012

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 560-568

  Simpson, J C ^a   Moonesinghe, S R ^a,b   Grocott, M P W ^a,b,c   Kuper, M ^d   McMeeking, A ^e   Oliver, C M ^a,b   Galsworthy, M J ^a,b   Mythen, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Portland House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anesthesia; general surgery; perioperative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHRECTOMY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UROLOGIC SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; COOPERATION; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943233511     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev105     Document Type: Article

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