TY - JOUR AU - Das, Madhurima AU - Blightman, Katie PY - 2019 TI - Pre-assessment and pre-optimisation of the surgical patient JF - Digestive Medicine Research; Vol 2 (October 2019): Digestive Medicine Research Y2 - 2019 KW - N2 - The key aim of ERAS is to ensure that surgical patients “feel better sooner and are able to return to normal living sooner”. The pre-operative period is immensely valuable in helping achieving these goals for a number of reasons. This review article will highlight some of key areas where pre-operative assessment is involved in ensuring the surgical patient is optimally prepared for their surgery, in particular those patients that might be high risk and have multiple co-morbidites. The focus of this particular article will be the management of some common chronic conditions, including anaemia and diabetes, and how these can be optimised in the pre-operative period, as well as discuss the concept of prehabilitation and its role within an ERAS programme. UR - https://dmr.amegroups.org/article/view/5444