Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

Program Shortens ICU Stays By 57% After Pediatric Liver Transplant

November 9, 2022 sarah Jonasblog

A pioneering protocol developed at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is reducing overall opioid use, speeding rehabilitation and shortening intensive care unit (ICU) stays for pediatric liver transplant patients—including infants as young as 5 months old.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program at University Hospitals Recognized with Patient Engagement Best Practice Award

May 16, 2022 sarah JonasAnnouncement

An innovative program at University Hospitals is yielding notable results, creating shorter hospital stays, less use of opioids, fewer post-surgical infections and lower costs for patients. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) recently won the Patient Engagement Best Practice Award from the Ohio Patient Safety Institute for 2021.

Patient-Centered Protocols Help Eliminate Excess Opioid Use after Lung Surgery

September 10, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

Lung surgery patients who utilize a comprehensive, evidence-based enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program require fewer opioid prescriptions when discharged and this effect was sustained over the 4-year study period.

Penn’s ‘Enhanced Recovery’ Program Significantly Reduces Post-Op Opioid Use

August 6, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Penn Medicine researchers found that when an “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery” protocol was employed—which optimizes patients’ surgical care before, during, and after surgery—the majority of patients did not need opioids for pain management at one, three, and six months after elective spinal and peripheral nerve surgery.