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 |