title: Preoperative fasting: is it time for a change?
authors.affiliation: Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rowe
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005215:Fasting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit; D006801:Humans; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D013217:Starvation / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013997:Time Factors