Current practice of preoperative fasting: A nationwide survey in Japanese anesthesia-teaching hospitals

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-192

  Shime, Nobuaki ^a   Ono, Akira ^b   Chihara, Eiichi ^c   Tanaka, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Akiru Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

General anesthesia; Japanese practice; Preoperative fasting periods

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FLUID INTAKE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANESTHESIA; DATA COLLECTION; FASTING; FOOD; GUIDELINES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23144459615     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-005-0319-z     Document Type: Article

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