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- Title
Preoperative fasting: reviewing concepts and behaviors.
- Authors
Nassau Machado, Maurício de
- Abstract
The author reflects on the role of preoperative nutritional assessment on the postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), a type of surgery performed to treat a blockage or narrowing of one or more of the coronary arteries. He mentions that prevention of gastric aspiration is one of the significant parts of preoperative care for patients undergoing surgical procedures.
- Subjects
PREPROCEDURAL fasting; SURGICAL nutrition; CORONARY artery bypass; PREOPERATIVE care; CORONARY artery surgery; ASPIRATION pneumonia; OPERATIVE surgery; PATIENTS; PREVENTION
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2012, Vol 27, Issue 1, piv
- ISSN
0102-7638
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.5935/1678-9741.20120002