Commentary: Review: Evidence is lacking that adults given fluids 1.5 to 3 hours preoperatively have greater risks of aspiration or regurgitation than those given a standard fast

Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 44-

  Power, Hilda ^a  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 34249872124     PISSN: 13676539     EISSN: 14689618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebn.7.2.44     Document Type: Note

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1. American Society of Anesthesiologists. Practice guidelines for preoperative fasting and the use of pharmacologic agents to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration: application to healthy patients undergoing elective procedures. Anesthesiology 1999:90:896-905.
2. Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society. Guidelines to the practice of anesthesia. Revised edition, 2003 (accessed 13 February 2004) http://www.cas.ca/members/sign_in/guidelines/practice_of_anesthesia/