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P94 Pre-Operative Fasting in Surgical Patients at Good Hope Hospital – Reducing incidents of unnecessary prolonged fasting periods in patients undergoing surgery

Patients are often fasted from food and liquid for unnecessarily long periods of time prior to surgery. There is often misunderstanding amongst patients and even members of staff as to what exactly is meant by the pre-operative fasting rules, specifically the meaning of ‘clear fluids’. Prolonged flu...

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Autor principal: Kamath, Anjali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8030179/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrab032.093