Długoborska Klaudia, Skorupski Paweł, Słota Diana. Before and intraoperative preparation of patients for elective gynecological surgery (use of ERAS protocol, starvation before surgery, carbohydrate supply) - review of the latest guidelines. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(2):466-470. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2582285 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6642 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.02.2019. Revised: 15.02.2019. Accepted: 03.03.2019. Before and intraoperative preparation of patients for elective gynecological surgery (use of ERAS protocol, starvation before surgery, carbohydrate supply) - review of the latest guidelines Klaudia Długoborska, Paweł Skorupski, Diana Słota Name Klaudia Długoborska ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0136-4757 Affiliation Medical University of Lublin, Department of Anaesthesiological and Intensive Care Nursing Country Poland Principal contact for editorial correspondence. Name Paweł Skorupski ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1635-831X Affiliation Medical University of Lublin, II Cathedral and Gynecology Clinic Country Poland Name Diana Słota ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5681-1684 Affiliation Medical University of Lublin, Department of Anaesthesiological and Intensive Care Nursing Country Poland Summary: One of the most common reasons for hospitalization of patients in the ward is the need to perform an operation. Preoperative diagnosis should take place in outpatient settings, and the duration of hospitalization is reduced to a minimum. Short period of a patient's stay in hospital is crucial in the prevention of hospital infections and post-operative complications and also involves a reduction in treatment costs. Proper preparation of the patient for surgery including, among others, the implementation of the ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) protocol allows safe operation and promotes the proper course of postoperative convalescence of the patient. Key words: perioperative dietary recommendations, ERAS protocol, carbohydrate supply, oxidative stress