An audit of preoperative fasting compliance at a major tertiary referral hospital in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-23

  Lim, Hsien Jer ^a   Lee, Hanjing ^b   Ji, Lian Kah ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Compliance; Fasting; Knowledge; Preoperative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892696851     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2014005     Document Type: Article

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