Table 2: Pathway components.

   

Pre-operative

Intra-operative

Post-operative

Author

Year

Patient education

Carbohydrate loading

Avoidance routine tracheostomy

GDFT

Active warming

N&V prophylaxis

MMA

Early nutrition

Early mobilisation

TWOC

Bertelsen, et al.

2020

✓

 

✓

✓

 

✓

 

 

 

 

Won, et al.

2019

✓

 

 

✓

 

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

Kiong, et al.

2020

✓

 

 

 

 

 

✓

 

✓

✓

Jandali, et al.

2019

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Coyle, et al.

2015

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

 

✓

✓

✓

Bater, et al.

2017

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

 

 

✓

✓

✓

Dautremont, et al.

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

✓

✓

Morse, et al.

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

✓

✓

Yeung, et al.

2014

✓

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

✓

✓

Yetzer, et al.

2017

✓

 

 

 

 

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

Dort, et al.

2020

✓

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

✓

✓

Sharkh, et al.

2019

✓

 

 

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

Mhawej, et al.

2020

✓

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

✓

✓

Moreno, et al.

2018

✓

 

✓

 

 

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

Clark, et al.

2021

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

Hinter, et al.

2021

✓

 

 

 

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Twomey, et al.

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

 

✓

 
   

GDFT = goal directed fluid therapy, N&V = nausea and vomiting, MMA = multi-modal analgesia, TWOC = trial without catheter