Anaesthesiology

The H.U.B’s Interhospital Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Relief is active across a number of clinics and sectors: 

• The Preadmission Unit holds preoperative consultations for patients with a scheduled intervention.
• The Post-Operative Care Units or “ recovery rooms” welcome patients until 48 hours after their intervention. 
• The Multidisciplinary Pain Assessment and Treatment Centre  at the Erasmus Hospital is one of Belgium’s leading clinics in treating chronic pain and recognised by the Belgian Federal Public Health Service or SPF Santé publique.. 

With almost 120 doctors, anaesthesiology is the H.U.B’s largest medical department. The anaesthetists are active in all the H.U.B’s institutions within the various medico-technical and/or surgical sectors: 

• The Children’s Anaesthesia Clinic at the HUDERF,
• The Oncoanaesthesia Clinic at the Jules Bordet Institute,
• The Anaesthesia Clinic for heart, thoracic and vascular surgery, 
• The Anaesthesia Clinic for digestive, urological, gynaecological surgery and for obstetrics, 
• The Neuroanaesthesia and Orthopaedic-Trauma Clinic,
• The Endoscopy and Interventional Procedures Clinic,
• The Outpatient and Pain Relief Anaesthesia Clinic, at the Day Surgery Centre.

Early Recovery After Surgery(ERAS) is a specific and multidisciplinary recovery protocol applied after several types of surgical intervention with the aim of ensuring an optimal perioperative care (including pain management, nutrition, rehabilitation)