2024
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society turnkey order set for surgical-site infection prevention: Proceedings from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery ERAS Conclave 2023
Crisafi C, Grant M, Rea A, Morton-Bailey V, Gregory A, Arora R, Chatterjee S, Lother S, Cangut B, Engelman D, Group E, Salenger R, Lobdell K, McConnell G, Crotwell S, Reddy S, Lazar H. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society turnkey order set for surgical-site infection prevention: Proceedings from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery ERAS Conclave 2023. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2024, 168: 1500-1509. PMID: 38574802, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.03.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infectionCardiac surgeryManagement of surgical site infectionsHigher risk of surgical site infectionImplementation of evidence-based best practicesCardiac surgery increases morbidityRisk of surgical site infectionClass IConsume healthcare resourcesCardiac surgical populationSurgical site infection reductionEvidence-based best practicesProphylactic intravenous antibioticsManaging surgical site infectionsMultidisciplinary care pathwaySurgical site infection preventionPatients' quality of lifeExpert consensus documentQuality of lifeNasal carriageIntravenous antibioticsBlood glucose levelsPatient engagementSSI riskPreoperative identification
2022
Controversies in enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery
Shaw A, Guinn N, Brown J, Arora R, Lobdell K, Grant M, Gan T, Engelman D. Controversies in enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery. Perioperative Medicine 2022, 11: 19. PMID: 35477446, PMCID: PMC9047268, DOI: 10.1186/s13741-022-00250-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac surgeryEnhanced recoveryStandardized perioperative careAcute kidney injuryGoal-directed therapyPatient blood managementEvidence-based best practicesSignificant evidence gapsAnalgesic reductionKidney injuryOverall morbidityPerioperative carePatient-centric carePreventable morbidityMyocardial protectionBlood managementOperative techniqueEvidence gapsPerioperative medicineSurgeryOperating roomQuality InitiativeMorbidityMortalitySignificant controversy