Anaes Cases · Enhanced recovery (ERAS)
The ERAS colorectal surgery protocol
The long case — the ERAS colorectal (the original protocol). The preoperative (the carb loading, the no-fasting, the optimization), the intraoperative (the laparoscopic, the opioid-sparing, the GDT, the normothermia, the PONV), the postoperative (the early mobilization, the early feeding, the audit).
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Prompt
A 65-year-old man for the elective laparoscopic colorectal resection. Discuss the ERAS protocol.
Presentation
A 65-year-old man, ASA 2, for the elective laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for cancer. The hospital has the ERAS protocol. Discuss the perioperative management.
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