Pre-operative fasting and administration of regular medications in adult patients presenting for elective surgery. Has the new evidence changed practice?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 565-568

  Pearse, R ^a   Rajakulendran, Y ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pre operative, starvation, fasting, prescribing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH PH; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FASTING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0032868397     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1999.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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