Preoperative Education

Jun 28, 2016 by in GASTOINESTINAL SURGERY Comments Off on Preoperative Education

and Elizabeth A. Davis2 (1) Department of Nursing, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada (2) Department of Nursing, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada…

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Surgical Site Infection Prevention

Jun 28, 2016 by in GASTOINESTINAL SURGERY Comments Off on Surgical Site Infection Prevention

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Liane S. Feldman, Conor P. Delaney, Olle Ljungqvist and Francesco Carli (eds.)The SAGES / ERAS® Society Manual of Enhanced Recovery Programs for Gastrointestinal Surgery10.1007/978-3-319-20364-5_10 10. Surgical Site Infection Prevention Elizabeth C. Wick1 and Jonathan E. Efron2  …

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Preoperative Fasting and Carbohydrate Treatment

Jun 28, 2016 by in GASTOINESTINAL SURGERY Comments Off on Preoperative Fasting and Carbohydrate Treatment

(1) Department of Surgery, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden   KeywordsPreoperative fasting and carbohydrate treatmentCarbohydrate treatment and preoperative fastingFasting preoperativelyOvernight fasting presurgeryPerioperative fastingAspiration during anesthesia Preoperative Fasting Preoperative fasting is a…

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Prevention of Hypothermia

Jun 28, 2016 by in GASTOINESTINAL SURGERY Comments Off on Prevention of Hypothermia

(1) Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA   KeywordsHypothermia prevention after surgeryPrevention of hypothermia after surgeryPostoperative hypothermiaPerioperative hypothermiaIntravenous fluid warming Mild perioperative hypothermia, defined as a…

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Thromboprophylaxis

Jun 28, 2016 by in GASTOINESTINAL SURGERY Comments Off on Thromboprophylaxis

• Less trauma/minimal invasive techniques • Less surgical stress • Intraoperative goal-directed fluid therapy • Less postoperative complications • Early mobilization • Short hospital stay Methodology A literature search has been undertaken using the various terms…

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Bowel Preparation: Always, Sometimes, Never?

Jun 28, 2016 by in GASTOINESTINAL SURGERY Comments Off on Bowel Preparation: Always, Sometimes, Never?

(1) Department of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland   KeywordsBowel preparation for surgeryMechanical cleansing of the bowel pre-opPreoperative bowel preparationOral antibiotics and bowel preparationLaparoscopic resection bowel preparationRectal resection…

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