Preoperative fasting guidelines [3]

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-139

  Maltby, J Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DIGESTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ASPIRATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH JUICE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

FASTING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33646573329     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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2. Lister J. On anaesthetics. In: Holmes system of surgery, 3rd ed. London: Longmans Green and Co.; 1883.
3. Maltby JR, Sutherland AD, Sale GP, et al. Preoperative oral fluids: Is a five-hour fast justified prior to elective surgery? Anesth Analg 1986;65:1112-6.
4. American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting. Practice guidelines tor preoperative fasting and the use of pharmacologic agents to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration: application to healthy patients undergoing elective procedures: a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting. Anesthesiology 1999; 90:896-905.
5. Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society. Guidelines to the practice of anesthesia. Toronto: the Society; 2000.