New York—Implementation of an enhanced recovery after cesarean (ERAC) section protocol led to better patient outcomes including reduced opioid consumption and shorter hospital length of stay, according to researchers.
“Our study shows that mothers are able to have a postoperative period that is completely opioid-free with adequate pain control,” said Opeyemi Popoola, MD, the anesthesiology chief resident at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, in Livingston, N.J., and lead author of