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Perioperative Fasting and the Patient Experience

Standard preparation for a surgical procedure requires patients to fast (nulla per os [NPO]) after midnight before their operation. Unfortunately, given the unpredictable nature of operating room scheduling and unavoidable delays, patients may find themselves anxiously waiting and fasting much longe...

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Autores principales: Chon, Telliane, Ma, Alfred, Mun-Price, Connie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5481178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28652955
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1272