Pre-operative fasting guidelines: An update

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1041-1047

  Søreide, Eldar ^a   Eriksson, L I ^b   Hirlekar, G ^c   Eriksson, H ^d   Henneberg, S W ^e   Sandin, R ^f   Raeder, J ^g  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Akureyri Hospital   (Iceland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f Regional Hospital   (Sweden)

^g ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Gastric content; Gastric emptying; General; Preoperative fasting; Pulmonary aspiration complications

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; NICOTINE; OPIATE;

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ASPIRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SMOKING; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PH;

EID: 23944506555     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00781.x     Document Type: Review

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