{"title":"Preoperative fasting revisited.","authors":"Janet Bothamley, Andy Mardell","doi":"10.1177/175045890501500903","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fasting patients prior to their surgical procedures is accepted practice. Although the latest research shows that it is safe for most patients to drink clear fluids 2-3 hours before a general anaesthetic many key staff are not aware of these findings. This article discusses preoperative fasting and describes an audit which culminated in a change in practice in a large district general hospital.</p>","PeriodicalId":72468,"journal":{"name":"British journal of perioperative nursing : the journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/175045890501500903","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British journal of perioperative nursing : the journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/175045890501500903","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Fasting patients prior to their surgical procedures is accepted practice. Although the latest research shows that it is safe for most patients to drink clear fluids 2-3 hours before a general anaesthetic many key staff are not aware of these findings. This article discusses preoperative fasting and describes an audit which culminated in a change in practice in a large district general hospital.