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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Interdisciplinary Planning Key to Successfully Implementing ERAS Protocol for Cesarean Delivery

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Lyn Yasumura, MD

Implementing an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol for cesarean delivery is challenging for a single hospital, but when an integrated health system such as Kaiser Permanente embarks on such an effort throughout its many affiliated institutions, the challenges—and potential benefits—are magnified.

Despite a host of potential challenges, the interdisciplinary effort ultimately led to marked improvements in a number of enhanced recovery metrics, results