CR Preop

Colorectal Process Measures
Immediate Preop
Compliance Audit
Immediate Pre-op Period
Compliance Measures to Capture

NPO
No Solids 8 hours prior to surgery
Maybe longer if bowel prep

Clear Liquids 
 up to 2 hours before Induction
Less than 8 and more than 2 hours before.
ACS-ISCR (p.42)
("optional")
POWERS 2019 (P = 0.002)
Compliance 72%
ERAS 2018 (p.669)
ASCRS-SAGES (p.764)

Carbohydrate Preload
2 to 4 hours before induction
50 gram Carb in 400 ml
POWERS 2019 (P < 0.001)
Compliance 39%

ASCRS-SAGES (p.764)

ERAS 2018 (p.669-70)
(Exclude motility disorder
Exclude delayed gastric emptying
Exclude Emergent Surgery)

Bowel Prep and
Oral Antibiotics
Tracked in Preadmission

Reinforce Teaching
Multi-modal Analgesia
Opiate Sparing
Pain Control
Not necessarily Pain Free

Early Ambulation

Early Feeding
Immediate Preop
Data Points to Capture







Immediate Preop
Data to Consider

VTE Chemoprophylaxis
ACS-ISCR (p.41)
("optional")

Multi-Modal Analgesia

Pre-Warming

References
POWER Study Group 2019:  real data
Association Between Use of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol and Postoperative Complications in Colorectal Surgery.  The Postoperative Outcomes within Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocol (POWER) Study
Javier Ripolles-Melchor et at, JAMA Surg 2019;154(8):725-736
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