Integrated Anesthesia and Nutrition Approaches to Enhanced Recovery after Surgery

The book systematically integrates perioperative anesthesia strategies with nutritional optimization across the entire surgical pathway. Written by an interdisciplinary team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, clinical nutritionists, dietitians, perioperative nurses, and allied health professionals to provide a unified, evidence-based framework for enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) implementation. It explains the physiological basis of surgical stress and recovery, details how anesthetic techniques such as regional anesthesia, multimodal and opioid sparing analgesia interact with carbohydrate loading, early enteral feeding, and glycemic control, and presents specialty-specific ERAS pathways in colorectal, cardiac, and orthopedic surgery, along with approaches for high-risk and emergency cases.

The book combines state of the art evidence with practical protocols, algorithms, checklists, case scenarios, and quality indicators to support hospitals at all stages of ERAS implementation. It also looks ahead to personalized, data driven recovery through biomarkers, pharmacogenomics, digital health, and AI enabled monitoring.

It is essential for anesthesiologists, surgeons, clinical nutritionists, intensivists, perioperative nurses, and allied health professionals who seek an integrated, practical resource to optimize outcomes for surgical patients in diverse clinical settings.

Prof. (Dr.) Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharyya is a Professor and Head of plastic surgery at K.P.C. Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India with over 30 years of post-MS general surgical practice and more than 20 years of post-M.Ch. plastic surgery experience in Kolkata hospitals and nursing homes. He holds multiple advanced qualifications, including D.Ortho, MS (general surgery), M.Ch (plastic surgery), M.Ch (Ortho), MPhil in regenerative medicine and translational sciences, and a PhD (2022) on diabetic lower limb ulcers from West Bengal University of Health Sciences, India. He has authored many peer-reviewed publications across national and international journals covering diabetic complications, burns, reconstructive techniques, and gastrointestinal surgery, and has delivered invited lectures at state, national, and international meetings. He has played major leadership roles in many professional bodies.

Dr. Nidhi Kumari is an anesthesiologist with an MD in anesthesiology and critical care (Government Medical College, Patiala, 2016) and MBBS from Government Medical College, Amritsar, India. She has over three years of senior residency experience at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, where she managed a wide spectrum of surgical and critical care patients, and since December 2021 has been serving as Assistant Professor in anesthesiology at NC Medical College, Panipat, India and has now promoted to Associate Professor.

Her clinical interests include general and regional anesthesia, airway management, opioid free anesthesia techniques, management of high-risk/hypertensive patients, and perioperative critical care. She has authored and co-authored multiple papers in peer-reviewed indexed journals covering perioperative outcomes, hemodynamic responses and critical illness.

Mr. Ravi Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operation Theatre and Anesthesia Technology at Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim, India with a B.Sc. in operation theatre technology and M.Sc. in anesthesia technology. His clinical experience includes Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital (New Delhi), NC Medical College Hospital, and academic roles as Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator/Head in Guru Nanak Paramedical Colleges, and as Assistant Professor in MMU University Ambala, Haryana. He has delivered and attended multiple national conferences. Mr. Yadav’s skill set spans general, regional, and neuroanesthesia across neurosurgery, CTVS, oncology, obstetrics & gynecology, orthopedics, and emergency care. Proficient in advanced monitoring and resuscitation, he has over forty documented successful CPRs. His certifications include ACLS, PCLS (Eaglewood, USA), and WHO trainings in ethics, clinical research, and infection prevention and control. His publications cover neuromuscular blockade monitoring, padding strategies for high-risk pressure points, augmented reality in the OT, and allied health education under NEP 2020.

Mr. Debasrita Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim, India and a freelance clinical dietitian. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in dietetics and applied nutrition from Amity University Haryana. He is pursuing a PhD in dietetics and applied nutrition and has qualified for UGC NET (home science) for lectureship. He previously served as Assistant Professor at NIMAS College (West Bengal) and SIITAM College (Andhra Pradesh) and worked as a Quality Analyst (nutrition and nursing) with Evelyn Learning. His clinical practice emphasizes individualized diet planning for patients with chronic conditions, complemented by participation in multiple clinical nutrition workshops and national/international conferences. He has authored and co-authored peer reviewed publications on therapeutic nutrition, metabolic disorders, obesity, and functional food products, and contributed book chapters on probiotics and antioxidants in diabetes.