Fasting may not be required before percutaneous coronary intervention

Implications for practice and research: The results of this study suggest that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can be safely conducted without preprocedural fasting. Revision is needed of current fasting protocols. The findings of Hamid and colleagues must be confirmed by further randomised...

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Veröffentlicht in:Evidence-based nursing 2015-04, Vol.18 (2), p.41-41
Hauptverfasser: de Aguilar-Nascimento, Jose Eduardo, Feguri, Gibran R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Implications for practice and research: The results of this study suggest that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can be safely conducted without preprocedural fasting. Revision is needed of current fasting protocols. The findings of Hamid and colleagues must be confirmed by further randomised trials.
ISSN:1367-6539
1468-9618
DOI:10.1136/eb-2014-101904