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. 2021 Dec 8;8(12):1154. doi: 10.3390/children8121154

Table 1.

ERP components.

Time Point ERP Components
Preoperative
  • Education for caregivers and patients on ERP components and expectations

  • Nutrition screening to determine malnutrition risk and assessment by registered dietitians when needed to provide appropriate interventions

  • Nutrition education provided on preoperative carbohydrate-containing clear beverage consumption (avoidance of prolonged fasting) by advanced care practitioners and registered dietitians

Intraoperative
  • Opioid minimization

  • Multimodal analgesia

  • Incorporation of regional anesthesia when possible

  • Maintenance of normothermia

  • Goal-directed fluid therapy

Postoperative
  • Mimization of postoperative drains

  • Early mobilization

  • Early use of physical/occupational therapy

  • Early oral nutrition/diet progression

  • Scheduled multimodal analgesics