1. ERAS protocol compliance impact on functional recovery in colorectal surgery
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Laura Alonso, Javier Mínguez García, Viktoria Molnar, Belén San Antonio-San Román, Carmen León, Macarena Barbero, Isabel Alonso, and Matías Cea
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Protocol (science) ,Process quality ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,Surgical stress ,business.industry ,General Engineering ,030230 surgery ,Functional recovery ,Colorectal surgery ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Protocol Compliance ,medicine ,Observational study ,business - Abstract
Introduction Compliance to ERAS protocols is a process quality measure that is associated with better outcomes. The main objective of this study is to analyze the association between protocol compliance, surgical stress and functional recovery. The secondary objective is to identify independent factors associated with functional recovery. Methods A prospective observational single-center study was performed. Patients who had scheduled colorectal surgery within an ERAS program from January 2017 to June 2018 were included. We analyzed the relationship between protocol compliance percentage and surgical stress (defined by C-reactive protein [CRP] blood levels on postoperative 3rd day), and functional recovery (defined by the proportion of patients who met the discharge criteria on the 5th PO day or before). Multivariate analysis was performed to assess independent factors associated with functional recovery. Results 313 patients were included. For every additional percentage point of compliance to the protocol 3rd day, C-reactive protein plasma level decreased 1.46 mg/dL and the probability to meet the discharge criteria increased 7% (P Conclusion Better compliance with ERAS protocol in colorectal surgery decreases surgical stress and accelerates functional recovery.
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- 2021
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