Preoperative fasting: Will the evidence ever be put into practice?

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 38-43

  Crenshaw, Jeannette T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration; fasting; gastric fluid volume; pneumonia; preoperative carbohydrate loading; preoperative care; preprocedural fasting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIET RESTRICTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FASTING; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 80053560499     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000406412.57062.24     Document Type: Article

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