Preoperative fasting time: Is the traditional policy changing? Results of a national survey

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-128

  Green, Carmen R ^a,b   Pandit, Sujit K ^a   Anthony Schork, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; FASTING; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029984185     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199607000-00022     Document Type: Article

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