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Paediatric Fasting Times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

Joanne Bratchell
Joanne Bratchell
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital, London, UK
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Extract

The National Service Framework for Children [DoH, 2003] encourages the development of guidelines and the use of audit to ensure that the treatment and care offered to children is continually improving. Thus an audit was undertaken in a South London Day Surgery Unit to ascertain the fasting times of children undergoing dental treatment under general anaesthetic. A literature search identified that clear fluids can be safely ingested until two hours prior to general anaesthesia and the Trust guidelines were found to be congruent with current evidence.

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Original Article
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British Journal of Anaesthetic & Recovery Nursing , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 2004 , pp. 74 - 79
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Copyright © British Association of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing 2004

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