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Normal gastric emptying time of a carbohydrate-rich drink in elderly patients with acute hip fracture: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Guidelines for fasting in elderly patients with acute hip fracture are the same as for other trauma patients, and longer than for elective patients. The reason is assumed stress-induced delayed gastric emptying with possible risk of pulmonary aspiration. Prolonged fasting in elderly pati...

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Autores principales: Hellström, Per M., Samuelsson, Bodil, Al-Ani, Amer N., Hedström, Margareta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5311728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-016-0299-6

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