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Podcast: Anesthesiology News Presents
Episode: Early Recovery Program Reduces Opioid Use by 80% After Cesarean Delivery
Description: Over the past two years, Saddleback Hospital, in Laguna Hills, Calif., has implemented a robust ERAC (early recovery after cesarean) protocol that includes a transversus abdominis plane block with liposomal bupivacaine for post-op cesarean delivery pain. Results have shown that the protocol has reduced the use of narcotics for the post-op period by 80%, and has improved the overall satisfaction with the post-op period considerably by reducing nausea and vomiting, itching, and constipation. In addition, hospital length of stay has been reduced by one day. According to Steve Garber, MD, a practicing obstetric anesthesiologist for more t...