April 2016 update

Welcome to our April 2016 update on the ERAS Society Website! This month we bring to you two interviews with Tom Wainwright (Physiotherapist and Associate Professor in Orthopaedics at Bournemoth University, UK) and Yannick Cerantola (Consultant Urologist at Lausanne Switzerland).

Interview with Tom Wainwright

Interview with Yannick Cerantola

We hope you all enjoy this fresh update!

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ERAS Implementation Program in Connecticut USA

The ERAS Implementation Program in Connecticut USA held the third work shop was just held in Hartford and the teams are seeing marked improvements in outcomes already in their first patients. The program is plan to finish in July. Prof Franco Carli from McGill in Montreal, Canada was a special guest discussing and presenting special issue related to anaesthesia. The pictures show the participants and faculty outside St Francis hospital in Hartford, CT.

March 2016 update

Welcome to our March 2016 update on the ERAS Society Website! This month we are delighted to share with you two interviews with Professor Mustapha Adam (Professor of Surgery in Lyon, France) and Mr Nader Francis (Consultant Surgeon in Yoevil, UK).

Interview with Professor Mustapha Adam

Interview with Mr Nader Francis

In addition, we also have three new abstracts:

• Adherence to the ERAS-protocol and 5-year survival after colorectal cancer surgery: A retrospective cohort study, by Henrik Oppelstrup, Olle Ljungqvist, Anders Thorell, Jonas Nygren and Ulf. O. Gustafsson. [Read it here]
• Comparison of patient reported symptom burden pre- and post- implementation of an Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Gynecologic Surgery, by Larissa A. Meyer, Alpa M. Nick, Maria D. Iniesta, Qiuling Shi, LaKisha Washington, Melinda Harris, Lindsey D. Palmer, Katherine E. Cain, Terri W. Earles, Javier Lasala, Xin S. Wang and Pedro T. Ramirez. [Read it here]
• Adherence to the Enhanced recovery after surgery protocol and its economic impact. [Read it here]

We hope you all enjoy this fresh update! Also, remember that you can follow us on the Twitter Official Channel to stay updated with what’s happening in the ERAS field!

Success of Parts I and II of the Guidelines for postoperative care in gynecologic/oncology surgery

February 2016 update

First ERAS® Society symposia in Argentina

ERAS Alberta Symposium 2016

The ERAS Alberta Symposium was held in Calgary on January 15 & 16, 2016 to collaborate, exchange ideas and advance your knowledge in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) practices and researchers.

Presenters included Dr. Henrik Kehlet, Dr. Olle Ljungqvist, Dr. Gabriele Baldini, Dr. Duane Funk and local ERAS champions including Dr. Don Buie, Dr. John Heine (TEMS), Dr. Joseph Dort and Dr. Claire Temple-Oberle. Topics presented included findings on patient experience and elderly friendly approaches to the surgical environment.

Get more info here.

January 2016 update

Welcome to our January 2016 update on the ERAS Society Website! This month we want to share with all of you the following:

• The six-minute walk test as a measure of postoperative recovery after colorectal resection: further examination of its measurement properties. Nicolò Pecorelli, MD, Julio F Fiore Jr., PhD, Chelsia Gillis, RD, Rashami Awasthi, BSc Benjamin Mappin-Kasirer, Petru Niculiseanu, MD, Gerald M Fried, MD, Francesco Carli, MD, Liane S Feldman, MD. [Read it here]
• The use of artificial neural networks to predict delayed discharge and readmission in enhanced recovery following laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.N. K. Francis, A. Luther, E. Salib, L. Allanby, D. Messenger, A. S. Allison, N. J. Smart, J. B. Ockrim. [Read it here]

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Mayo Clinic: Optimal Surgical Recovery Requires Teamwork

The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, Optimal Surgical Recovery Requires Teamwork will be held on the Point Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, Arizona, on February 12-13 of 2016.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multidisciplinary, multi-modal approach to perioperative care. Evidence-based data is employed to optimize the patient’s post-op recovery promoting early recovery while post-op complications and costs are reduced. This proactive approach is comprised of data-driven, well thought-out interventions: “Post-op recovery starts in pre-op.”

• Starting with clearly defined preoperative preparation that involves the spectrum of health care team members, including the patient.
• Intraoperative approaches that have the entire scope of the patient’s care in mind including post-op recovery – multimodality pain control, pre-emption of nausea, and fluid management to minimize post-op ileus.
• Post-op order sets and team care that optimize patient recovery, convey the experience of accumulated knowledge and minimize complications and hospital stay.

We will provide evidence-based best practices from foremost international leaders. Discussion panels will allow attendees to pick the brains of teams who have successfully improved their patients’ outcomes, and then return to their institutions with a plan

For more information, please check the General Information & Program document, or visit their Website at this link.

1st National ERAS Society Argentina symposia

The first national ERAS Society Symposia was held November 14 in Buenos Aires at the Italian Hospital, the first ERAS Society Center of Excellence in Argentina.

The event was hosted by Professor Adrián Alvarez with speakers from his own department and with guest speakers RN ERAS specialist nurse Valerie Addor and professor Nicolas Demartines from CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland and professor Olle Ljungqvist Örebro, Sweden.

The hall was filled to the rim with approximately 100 delegates not only from key centers in Argentina but also with key opinion leaders from Chile, Uruguay and Peru. During this event the principles of ERAS were presented alongside the work of the ERAS Society. The interest was extremely high and several teams have already shown their interest in implementing ERAS.

This event was the starting point of the building of the ERAS Society network in Latin America. For more information please contact professor Alvarez:tatotatun@gmail.com.

The organizer acknowledge the unrestricted educational support from MSD.

1st ERAS Society Implementation Program in Latin America

The first ERAS Society Implementation program was started in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 15-16. The program was hosted by the Italian Hospital under the leadership of professor Adrián Álvarez and his team.

Two leading teams from other Latin American countries were in the program aiming to produce a lead team for each country for the implementation of ERAS. One team from Bogota, Colombia; Clinica Reina Sofia Org Sanitas and one from Guadalajara Mexico: Hospital Civil de Guadalajara were trained. The team consisted of surgeons and anesthesia leads, a dedicated ERAS nurse, and other specialists including representation from the senior management.

The ERAS Implementation program will be turn over period of about 8 months. The first session was run with the support of guest speakers, teachers and coaches RN ERAS specialist nurse Valerie Addor and professor Nicolas Demartines from CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland and professor Olle Ljungqvist Örebro, Sweden.

A new way to bounce back after surgery

Check the out the article entitled ”A new way to bounce back after surgery” and published on the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Bulletin in the July-August issue.

Access directly the article following this link: http://pubs.aarp.org/aarpbulletin/20150708