Efficacy of fast track protocols in patients undergoing elective surgery

Abstract

Background: Fast track protocols are a multidisciplinary structured approach which provides standardized evidence-based components of care to patients undergoing specific types of surgery. The aim of this work was to compare fast track to traditional care following elective surgery regarding the impacts on hospital stay, postoperative pain, mobilization and feeding resumption.Methods: This prospective, non-randomized, comparative, open-label trial was carried out on 74 patients aged more than 18 years old, both sexes, with elective pathological lesions requiring elective surgical intervention, and classified as American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) class I, II and III. Patients were divided into two equal groups: Group I: Fast track group, Group II (control group): Conventional group. Results: A statistically significant higher usage of multimodal analgesia (p