Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures

Anesthesiology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 376-393

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ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ANESTHESIOLOGIST; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CONSULTATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ACID ASPIRATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; ANTIEMETICS; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FASTING; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; RISK; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008395838     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001452     Document Type: Article

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