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Preoperative Fasting Practices Across Three Anesthesia Societies: Survey of Practitioners

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is recognized as a complication of anesthesia. To minimize that risk, anesthesiologists advised fasting for solid foods and liquids for an often prolonged period of time. However, 30 years ago, evidence was promulgated that fasting for clear liqui...

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Autores principales: Merchant, Richard Neville, Chima, Navraj, Ljungqvist, Olle, Kok, Juliana Nai Jia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7709845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33393934
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/15905