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Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways aim to minimize perioperative stress, reduce complications, and decrease postoperative length of stay.
This editorial discusses the evolution and goals of enhanced recovery pathways (ERAS) in surgical care, specifically in the context of lung resection.
Initiatives to standardize patient care have evolved from fast tracking efforts aimed primarily at reducing costs to more sophisticated enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) or enhanced recovery pathways (ERPs). The goals of ERAS pathways are to minimize the perioperative stress response, reduce complications, decrease postoperative length of stay, and enable a faster return to preoperative functional status. Patient care pathways designed to achieve these goals were initially developed in colorectal surgery, and have been validated in studies and in practice (1).
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Kumar et al. (2018) conducted an editorial in Lung resection. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways was evaluated. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways aim to minimize perioperative stress, reduce complications, and decrease postoperative length of stay.
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