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Enhanced Recovery in Emergency Abdominal Surgery

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Emergency General Surgery in Geriatrics

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Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols define evidence-based treatment bundles in order to improve clinical outcomes and were established originally in elective surgery. Nevertheless, ERAS protocols were also implemented in emergency abdominal surgery, resulting in reduced hospital length of stay (H-LOS) and morbidity. However, the implementation of ERAS in emergency abdominal surgery was without impact on mortality. Elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery are also expected to profit from ERAS programs; however, scientific evidence is currently lacking.

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  1. Acute Care Surgery Team, Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  1. Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, School of Medicine and Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA

    Rifat Latifi

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    Fausto Catena

  3. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

    Federico Coccolini

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Lavanchy, J.L., Schnüriger, B. (2021). Enhanced Recovery in Emergency Abdominal Surgery. In: Latifi, R., Catena, F., Coccolini, F. (eds) Emergency General Surgery in Geriatrics . Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62215-2_10

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