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ANESTHESIOLOGY
Volume 138, Issue 2, Pages 132-151Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000004381
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These guidelines provide an updated approach to preoperative fasting and the use of pharmacologic agents to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration. They specifically address new topics such as ingestion of carbohydrate-containing clear liquids with or without protein, chewing gum, and pediatric fasting duration.
These practice guidelines are a modular update of the Practice guidelines for preoperative fasting and the use of pharmacologic agents to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration: Application to healthy patients undergoing elective procedures. The guidance focuses on topics not addressed in the previous guideline: ingestion of carbohydrate-containing clear liquids with or without protein, chewing gum, and pediatric fasting duration.
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