Prolonged fasting of children before anaesthesia is common in private practice

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-110

  Buller, Y ^a   Sims, Craig ^b  

^a St John of God Subiaco Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; elective surgical procedures; fasting; paediatric fasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; DIET RESTRICTION; INFANT; TIME FACTOR;

ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85003945065     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057X1604400116     Document Type: Article

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