Perioperative management in patients who are to undergo a surgical operation
is extremely important to achieve the optimum outcome of surgery.
The effective reduction of postoperative mortality and postoperative morbidity
for all age classes is connected to improvements in surgical and anesthesiology
techniques as well as in advanced perioperative management (Fast-
Track) [1].
Perioperative activity can be broken down into procedures carried out:
- before the operation (intestinal preparation, pre-operative nutrition, antibiotic
prophylaxis, antithrombotic prophylaxis, bladder catheter);
- during the operation (insertion of nasogastric probe (NGP), fluid therapy,
abdominal drainage);
- after the operation (early oral feeding, NRS pain control (Numeric Pain
Intensity Scale), early mobilization).
Improvements in perioperative activity have meant a reduction of hospitalization
and with it an improvement in the outcome of the patient, guaranteeing
a lower degree of operative and preoperative stress, excellent pain control, and
a reduction in organ dysfunction, as well as a saving of hospital resources [2].
