The Impact of Discussing Preoperative Fasting with Patients

Patients awaiting surgery are often fasted preoperatively well in excess of the recommended fasting times. Educated perioperative practitioners were asked to discuss preoperative starvation with patients. Preoperative starvation period for clear fluids was significantly reduced from a mean of 8 hour...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of perioperative practice 2011-08, Vol.21 (8), p.284-286
Hauptverfasser: Khoyratty, Saleem, Din, Ah, Spendlove, Rachel, Teehan, Melissa, Arhi, Chanpreet, Modi, Bhavik N, Brown, Katherine, Twigley, Alison, Ravichandran, D
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Zusammenfassung:Patients awaiting surgery are often fasted preoperatively well in excess of the recommended fasting times. Educated perioperative practitioners were asked to discuss preoperative starvation with patients. Preoperative starvation period for clear fluids was significantly reduced from a mean of 8 hours 30 minutes in the original audit, to 6 hours 10 minutes in this study of 113 patients (p < 0.001). Improving patient understanding of preoperative fasting can increase compliance with fasting recommendations.
ISSN:1750-4589
2515-7949
DOI:10.1177/175045891102100805