Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: Recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 91-115

  Batchelor, Timothy J P ^a   Rasburn, Neil J ^a   Abdelnour Berchtold, Etienne ^b   Brunelli, Alessandro ^c   Cerfolio, Robert J ^d   Gonzalez, Michel ^b   Ljungqvist, Olle ^e   Petersen, René H ^f   Popescu, Wanda M ^g   Slinger, Peter D ^h   Naidu, Babu ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Örebro University   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enhanced recovery after surgery; Lung surgery; Perioperative care; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANALGESIA; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; BREATHING EXERCISE; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY; FASTING; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCENTIVE SPIROMETRY; LUNG SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MINITRACHEOSTOMY; MOBILIZATION; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; NUTRITION; ONE LUNG VENTILATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA FLUID; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SKIN CARE; SMOKING CESSATION; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARMING; CONVALESCENCE; EUROPE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARDS; THORAX SURGERY;

EUROPE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 85059248778     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy301     Document Type: Article

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