title: [Food residues identified in the pharynx of a patient with a cleft palate].
abstract: Solid food residues were identified in the pharynx of a 17-month-old infant with a cleft palate at the time of anesthesia induction, although nothing-by-mouth directions for more than four hours had been strictly followed. Preoperative airway management, e.g. gargling and nose blowing, is necessary in patients with a cleft palate even after an appropriate period of fasting because food residues may remain in the nose due to the anatomical abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa 920-0293.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohbuchi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Shinpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.forename: Waki
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kadota
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Shigehiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawakami
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010614:Pharynx; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013997:Time Factors