Preoperative fasting

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 400-406

  Ljungqvist, O ^a   Soreide E ^b  

^a ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Dept Anaesthesia/Intensive Care M   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CATABOLISM; DIET RESTRICTION; FOOD; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LUNG ASPIRATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THIRST; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; EATING; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STOMACH EMPTYING;

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EATING; FASTING; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0037394649     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4066     Document Type: Review

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