Preoperative fasting: Current practice and areas for improvement

Updates in Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-39

  Falconer, R ^a   Skouras, C ^a,b   Carter, T ^a   Greenway, L ^a   Paisley, A M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Clinical practice pattern; Fasting; Preoperative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRINKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STANDARD; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRINKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897643994     PISSN: 2038131X     EISSN: 20383312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-013-0242-z     Document Type: Article

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