Why the study?
These guidelines were intended to identify, disseminate, and promote implementation of evidence-based actions to decrease clinical practice variability and improve outcomes in cardiac surgery.
This consensus document provides evidence-based recommendations for implementing Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols in cardiac surgery to reduce clinical variability, improve outcomes, and shorten hospital stays.
The ERAS guidelines are intended to identify, disseminate and promote the implementation of the best, scientific evidence-based actions to decrease variability in clinical practice. The implementation of these practices in the global clinical process will promote better outcomes and the shortening of hospital and critical care unit stays, thereby resulting in a reduction in costs and in greater efficiency. After completing a systematic review at each of the points of the perioperative process in cardiac surgery, recommendations have been developed based on the best scientific evidence currently available with the consensus of the scientific societies involved.
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