Safe pre-operative fasting times after milk or clear fluid in children. A preliminary study using real-time ultrasound

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Sethi, A K ^a   Chatterji, C ^a   Bhargava, S K ^a   Narang, P ^b   Tyagi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, pediatric; Gastro intestinal tract, stomach, gastric emptying; Measurement techniques, ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MILK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PH; STOMACH VOLUME; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASTING; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PYLORIC ANTRUM; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032961037     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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