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Pre-operative fasting - a patient centered approach

Prolonged pre-operative fasting can be an unpleasant experience and result in serious medical complications. The Royal College of Nursing guidelines state a minimum fasting period of six hours for food and two hours for clear fluids, prior to elective anaesthesia or sedation in healthy patients. We...

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Autor principal: Hamid, Sana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjquality.u605.w1252