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Preoperative fasting in the department of plastic surgery

Preoperative fasting is necessary to reduce the risk of regurgitation of gastric contents and pulmonary aspiration in patients undergoing general anaesthetic and procedural sedation. Excessive fasting is associated with metabolic, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal complications and patient discomf...

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Autores principales: Davies, Andrew, Pang, Wei Sheng, Fowler, Timothy, Dewi, Ffion, Wright, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30515463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000161