Background Patient education is recommended as an essential component of Enhanced
Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) protocols. However, there are many uncertainties regarding …

Background Prehabilitation aims at enhancing patients' functional capacity and overall
health status to enable them to withstand a forthcoming stressor like surgery. Our aim was to …

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Background There has been increasing interest in the prehabilitation of patients undergoing
major abdominal surgery to improve perioperative outcomes. This systematic review and …

Objective: The goal of this project was to first address barriers to implementation of the Risk
Analysis Index (RAI) within a large, multi-hospital, integrated healthcare delivery system …

The population is aging. Although older adults have higher rates of comorbidities and
adverse health events, they represent a heterogeneous group with different health …

The following position statement is issued by the American Society for Metabolic and
Bariatric Surgery in response to inquiries made to the society by patients, physicians, society …

Background For patients undergoing abdominal surgery, multimodal prehabilitation,
including nutrition and exercise interventions, aims to optimize their preoperative physical …

Anesthetists are increasingly faced with the challenge of delivering perioperative care to frail
older people. Patients with frailty undergoing surgical intervention are at a significantly …

This review summarizes best practices for the perioperative care of older adults as
recommended by the American Geriatrics Society, American Society of Anesthesiologists …