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An Audit on the Pre-operative Fasting Time of Trauma-List Orthopaedic Patients at a District General Hospital in Chichester, United Kingdom

Introduction: Pre-operative fasting of patients awaiting non-emergency surgeries has been a common practice to minimise the risk of vomiting and aspiration at the time of induction of anaesthesia. Current standard guidelines recommend that this fasting time be limited to two hours for clear fluids a...

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Autores principales: Perera, Hector, Wusu, Adedoyin, Mohammad, Alhashash, Qulaghassi, Mahdi Z, Abdulkarim, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10653621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38024025
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48327