The Reporting on ERAS Compliance, Outcomes, and Elements Research (RECOvER) Checklist: A Joint Statement by the ERAS® and ERAS® USA Societies

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Elias, Kevin M., Stone, Alexander B., McGinigle, Katharine, Tankou, Jo’An I., Scott, Michael J., Fawcett, William J., Demartines, Nicolas, Lobo, Dileep N., Ljungqvist, Olle, Urman, Richard D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; Checklist; Compliance; Consensus; General Surgery; Guidelines; Humans; Literature reviews; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Scientific Report; Perioperative Care; Psychology; Research Design - standards; Research Report - standards; Surgery; Surgical instruments; Thoracic Surgery; Vascular Surgery; United States > US
• ISSN: 0364-2313; 1432-2323; 1432-2323
• DOI: 10.1007/s00268-018-4753-0

Background Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs are multimodal care pathways designed to minimize the physiological and psychological impact of surgery for patients. Increased compliance with ERAS guidelines is associated with improved patient outcomes across surgical types. As ERAS programs have proliferated, an unintentional effect has been significant variation in how ERAS-related studies are reported in the literature. Methods To improve the quality of ERAS reporting, ERAS ® USA and the ERAS ® Society launched an effort to create an instrument to assist authors in manuscript preparation. Criteria to include were selected by a combination of literature review and expert opinion. The final checklist was refined by group consensus. Results The Societies present the Reporting on ERAS Compliance, Outcomes, and Elements Research (RECOvER) Checklist. The tool contains 20 items including best practices for reporting clinical pathways, compliance auditing, and formatting guidelines. Conclusions The RECOvER Checklist is intended to provide a standardized framework for the reporting of ERAS-related studies. The checklist can also assist reviewers in evaluating the quality of ERAS-related manuscripts. Authors are encouraged to include the RECOvER Checklist when submitting ERAS-related studies to peer-reviewed journals.