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 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.
St Richard's Hospital, Chichester.
Saleem
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Khoyratty
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Rachel
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Spendlove
Melissa
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Teehan
Chanpreet
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Arhi
Bhavik N
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Modi
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Brown
Alison
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Ravichandran
D005215:Fasting; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011300:Preoperative Care