In hospital care, arguably nothing comes closer than the working relationship between the
surgeon and anaesthetist. Their joint endeavour to keep patients alive and well, while they …

Over the past few decades the role of the anaesthetist has grown from traditional, operating
theatre-based anaesthesia care to being part of perioperative medical care teams, involving …

Implementation of the concept of 'perioperative medicine'is by definition–and as emphasised
many years ago1–a multidisciplinary effort involving anaesthetists, surgeons, nurses and …

The merits of a coordinated consistent approach to the perioperative journey appear
obvious, but only relatively recently has there been a substantial focus on this area through …

The perioperative practitioner has a multifaceted role. The main aim is to provide holistic,
evidencebased and clinically effective care and support to the patient during the …

From ERAS study group to ERAS® Society The formal concept of enhanced recovery after
surgery (ERAS) was developed in 2001when a group of academic surgeons formed the …

Perioperative medicine is a growing multidisciplinary subspecialty that has been driven by
more complex surgical populations and advancing anaesthetic and surgical techniques …

Traditionally, the care of patients undergoing major surgery has been tailored to the index
operation and the disease being treated by this procedure. However, a strong case can be …

This chapter gives a broad overview of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) from the
eyes of one of the founders of the ERAS study group and the ERAS® Society. The …

The concept of multimodal postoperative recovery programs, ie, Enhanced Recovery After
Surgery (ERAS) programs or ''fast-track surgery'', was fostered more than 15 years ago when …