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Perioperative care, anesthesia and pain medicine guidelines: current versions

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6 guidelines · 4 topics · last updated 27 October 2026 · Monthly updates · RSS feed

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Cardiovascular assessment before non-cardiac surgery

United StatesAHA / ACC

2026 AHA/ACC/ACS/ASNC/HRS/SCA/SCCT/SCMR/SVM Guideline for Perioperative Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

American Heart Association (AHA); American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Current version2026

2026 (reaffirmation of the 2024 guideline; content unchanged)·Published

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Earlier versions

Replaces2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

EuropeESC / ESAIC

2022 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery

European Society of Cardiology (ESC); European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC)

Current version2022

Published

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Earlier versions

Replaces2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management

Perioperative care and enhanced recovery

InternationalERAS Society

Guidelines for perioperative care in elective colorectal surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society recommendations 2025

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society (ERAS Society)

Current version2025

Published

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Earlier versions

ReplacesGuidelines for Perioperative Care in Elective Colorectal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: 2018

United KingdomNICE

Perioperative care in adults (NICE guideline NG180)

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Current version2020

Published

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Earlier versions

ReplacesCardioQ-ODM oesophageal doppler monitor (NICE medical technologies guidance MTG3)

Opioid prescribing for pain

United StatesCDC

CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Current version2022

Published

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Earlier versions

ReplacesCDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016

Preoperative fasting

United StatesASA

2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting: Carbohydrate-containing Clear Liquids with or without Protein, Chewing Gum, and Pediatric Fasting Duration—A Modular Update of the 2017 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Current version2023

modular update of the 2017 guideline (carbohydrate-containing clear liquids, chewing gum, pediatric fasting duration); other recommendations remain those of the 2017 guideline·Published

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