ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER CAESAREAN SECTION - AN IMPROVED PATHWAY THAN CONVENTIONAL CARE FOR REDUCING HOSPITAL STAY.

Background: With the help of an evidence-based approach called "Enhanced Recovery After Surgery" (ERAS), patients can receive standardised perioperative care and recover more quickly. Many surgical specialities, such as orthopaedics, gynaecological onco-surgery, breast surgery, urology, and colorectal surgery, use ERAS protocols extensively. Improved postoperative recovery is beneficial in lowering hospital stays, and costs, and increasing patient satisfaction.

Walking epidural with low dose bupivacaine plus tramadol on normal labour in primipara.

Objective: To determine the obstetric outcome in terms of duration of labour and mode of delivery between the walking epidural analgesia with 0.1% Bupivacaine + 0.5% tramadol and routine labour practice.

Nalbuphine prevents haemodynamic response to endotracheal intubation.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of nalbuphine in preventing the increase in heart rate and mean arterial pressure in response to laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation.

Design: A comparative trial.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Anaesthesia, Pakistan Naval Hospital Shifa, Karachi, Pakistan, from January 2001 to January 2002.