Fasting and surgery timing (FaST) audit

202062 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

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Ahmed M. El-Sharkawy · University of Nottingham

Prita Daliya · University of Nottingham

C Lewis-Lloyd · University of Nottingham

Alfred Adiamah · University of Nottingham

Francesca Ligori Malcolm · Queen's Medical Centre

Hannah Boyd‐Carson · Queen's Medical Centre

Daniel Couch ·

Abstract

Despite international consensus on the duration of preoperative fasting, patients continue to fast from clear fluids and food for prolonged lengths of time. Patients admitted for emergency surgery were more likely to fast for longer than those having elective surgery.

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Published in: Clinical Nutrition

Volume 40, Issue 3, pp. 1405-1412

DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.08.033

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Fasting and surgery timing (FaST) audit

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