Determining Health Personnel's Application Trends of New Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting: Findings From a Survey

Karadag M., Iseri O. P.

JOURNAL OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSING, vol.29, no.3, pp.175-184, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jopan.2013.12.006
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.175-184
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: For over a century, the discontinuation of oral food intake preoperatively after midnight has been routinely applied. Although routine fasting during the night before elective surgery has been abandoned by many modern centers, preoperative fasting after midnight continues as a routine practice.