Before-and-After Study of the First Four Years of the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS ® ) Programme in Older Adults Undergoing Elective Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Cristina Martínez-Escribano (), Francisco Arteaga Moreno, David Cuesta Peredo, Francisco Javier Blanco Gonzalez, Juan Maria De la Cámara-de las Heras and Francisco J. Tarazona Santabalbina
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Cristina Martínez-Escribano: Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Therapeutics of Pain, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, Ctra de Corbera, km 1, 46600 Alzira, Valencia, Spain
Francisco Arteaga Moreno: Medical School, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46001 Valencia, Valencia, Spain
David Cuesta Peredo: Quality of Care Department, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, 46600 Alzira, Valencia, Spain
Francisco Javier Blanco Gonzalez: General Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, 46600 Alzira, Valencia, Spain
Juan Maria De la Cámara-de las Heras: Library Service, Hospital Universitario La Ribera, 46600 Alzira, Valencia, Spain
Francisco J. Tarazona Santabalbina: Geriatric Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario de la Ribera, 46600 Alzira, Valencia, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-11

Abstract: Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether the inclusion of older patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resection in the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS ® ) programme could improve clinical outcomes during hospital admission. Methods: A before-and-after study in ≥70-year-old patients electively admitted for colorectal cancer resection was designed. In total, 213 patients were included in the ERAS ® group, and 158 were included in the control group. Results: The average age was 77.9 years old (SD 5.31) and 57.14% of them were men, with a Charlson Index score of 3.42 (SD 3.32). The ERAS ® group presented a lower transfusion rate of 42 (19.7%), compared to 75 (47.5%) in the control group ( p < 0.001). The crude odds ratio (OR) for transfusion was 0.27 (95% CI 0.17–0.43; p < 0.001), and the adjusted odds ratio was 0.26 (95% CI 0.14–0.48; p < 0.001). The ERAS ® group had a lower percentage of patients with moderate–severe malnutrition on admission, at 23.4% (37 patients) against 36.2% in the control group (42 patients) ( p = 0.023), with an OR of 0.47 (95% CI 0.29–0.75; p < 0.002) and an adjusted OR of 0.48 (95% CI 0.29–0.78; p = 0.003). The number of patients who required admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) was also markedly lower: 54 from the ERAS ® group (25.4%) versus 71 from the control group (44.9%) ( p < 0.001). Conclusions: The inclusion of ≥70-year-old adults in the ERAS ® programme resulted in a decrease in transfusions, number of erythrocyte concentrates transfused, and number of ICU admissions, along with improved nutritional status.

Keywords: colorectal surgery; geriatric assessment; ERAS; postoperative complications; older patients (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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