Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) General Guidelines

DG of Health Services and Programmes

Acknowledgment

The directorate General of Specialized Medical Care would like to take this opportunity to thank all ERAS members who have participated in reviewing the following guidelines. A special acknowledgement to the following:

Dr Hind Al Mujarfi

Royal Hospital

Dr Anwar Zahran

Sultan Qaboos Hospital Salalah

Dr Abhijit Nair

Ibra Hospital

Dr Medhat Shalabi

Al Zahra Hospital Dubai

Please do not hesitate to contact us on 24946359 or through shabib.alkalbani@yahoo.com should you have further comments/suggestions regarding this guideline

Acronyms

ER

Enhanced Recovery

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

CHO

Carbohydrate

PONV

Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting

ERAS

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

MUST

Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool

STAMP

Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics

ASA

American Society of Anesthesiologists

PO

Post operative

DVT

Deep Vein Thrombosis

GA

General Anesthesia

GDFT

Goal Directed Fluid Therapy

IVF

Intravenous Fluid

ESP

Erector Spinae

EMR

Electronic Medical Reports

TAP

Transversus Abdominis Plane

QL

quadratus lumborum

NGT

Nasogastric Tube

NSQIP

National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

APAP

N-acetyl-para-aminophenol

TIVA

Total Intravenous Anesthesia

COX

Cyclooxygenase

SSI

Surgical Site Infection

H&P

History and Physical Examination

ISCR

Improving Surgical Care and Recovery