Campaigning for the Transformation from Anesthesiology to Perioperative Medicine: Interpretation on the Anesthesia Part of Consensus on ERAS and Guidelines for the Pathway Management in China (2018)

As Consensus on ERAS and Guidelines for the Pathway Management in China (2018) was published, China has taken an important step forward in promoting the enhanced recovery protocol. The interpretation of its anesthesia part has an important guidance for anesthesiologists to better understand clinical practice methods and the pathway of perioperative management. The interpretation made a deep evidence-based exploration in the anesthesia-related core parts from the guideline, aiming to further disclose the direction of the development of clinical practice of anesthesiology in the near future from the vision of perioperative medicine.