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Table 1 Implementation programs of the ERAS and control groups in the perioperative period

From: Analgesia and patient comfort after enhanced recovery after surgery in uvulopalatopharyngoplasty: a randomised controlled pilot study

Period

 

ERAS Group

Control Group

Pre-operative phase

Education

Smoking and alcohol cessation and pulmonary function exercise

Traditional information was told

Analgesia

Loxoprofen, NSAIDs

None

Fasting

No solids for 8 h and no liquids for 2 h

No solids and liquids for 8 h

Carbohydrate

8 h and 2 h before surgery

None

Sedative

Dexmedetomidine before induction

None

Intraoperative phase

Analgesia

Fentanyl, remifentanil and oxycodone with NSAIDs

Fentanyl and remifentanil

Local anaesthesia

For nasal mucosa and incision

None

Temperature monitoring

>36.0 °C

Common processing

Fluid therapy

Restricted fluid therapy

Common processing

Controlled hypotension

Reducing MAP to 80% of the basic line

Common processing

Anti-emetic prophylaxis

Dexamethasone 8 mg after induction and tropisetron 5 mg at the end of surgery

Only tropisetron 5 mg at the end of surgery

Postoperative phase

Analgesia

Parecoxib 40 mg QD

None

Food-intake

2–4 h after surgery

None before the first flatus

Out-of-bed activity

As soon as possible

Based on patients’ willingness

  1. ERAS Enhanced recovery after surgery, NSAID Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, QD Every day