Jonathan D. Leff, MD
A multimodal analgesia-based enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol following cardiac surgery not only reduces intraoperative opioid administration, but also decreases postoperative opioid prescriptions, a finding authors said may have far-reaching effects by potentially reducing the number of opioids that find their way into the community.
“As a specialty, cardiac surgery was felt to be exempt from ERAS for a long while because of the complexity of the