Surgical fasting guidelines in children: Are we putting them into practice?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1298-1302

  Brunet Wood, Kim ^a   Simons, Mariska ^b   Evasiuk, Amanda ^b   Mazurak, Vera ^b   Dicken, Bryan ^b   Ridley, Denise ^a   Larsen, Bodil ^a,b  

^a Alberta Health Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding practice; NPO; Pediatric; Postoperative; Preoperative; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEUROSURGERY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNDERWEIGHT; UROLOGICAL PROCEDURE; WEIGHT CHANGE; ADOLESCENT; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84975141203     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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