Patient Education Programme Reduces Rate Of Post-Operative Pulmonary Complications
June 13, 2016
A pre-operative patient education program involving physics has approximately halved the rate of post-operative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing major elective surgery. Known as ERAS+, the multidisciplinary patient education programme was introduced at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust in September 2014. It followed an audit during the previous year. This...