Making multiple, small, incremental improvements across the whole of the perioperative
pathway is likely to be the best way of improving outcomes from elective surgery in the …

Introduction Current guidelines suggest a fasting time of 2 h for clear fluids, which is often
exceeded in clinical practice, leading to discomfort, dehydration and stressful anaesthesia …

Perioperative fasting guidelines are designed to minimize the risk of pulmonary aspiration of
gastrointestinal contents. The current recommendations from the American Society of …

To the Editor, The Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society (CPAS) Fasting Guidelines
Working Group was tasked by the CPAS board of directors to review contemporary fasting …

Guidelines for the management of pre-operative paediatric clear fluid fasting historically
recommend a minimum of 2 h. In particular, the published guideline from European Society …

Background Preoperative fasting reduces the risk of pulmonary aspiration during
anaesthesia, and 2-h fasting for clear fluids has commonly been recommended. Based on …

Background Pre-operative fasting balances safety against patient discomfort. We compared
the gastric emptying profiles of a novel clear, high protein drink against a “traditional” clear …

Pediatric anesthetic guidelines for the management of preoperative fasting of clear fluids are
currently 2 hours. The traditional 2 hours clear fluid fasting time was recommended to …

Importance Current fasting guidelines for procedures under anesthesia are poorly
implemented, leading to negative metabolic sequelae. Recent studies in children showed …

Fasting before general anaesthesia aims to reduce the volume and acidity of stomach
contents, thus decreasing the risk of regurgitation/aspiration. The objectives of the Cochrane …