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- Title
Unrestricted drinking before surgery: an iterative quality improvement study.
- Authors
Bonnet, J. F.; Walsh, D.; Higgins, N.
- Abstract
We noted that the first PDSA intervention by Rüggeberg and Nickel, the introduction of unrestricted fasting for clear fluids with concomitant education of anaesthetic staff and patients, did not reduce fasting times [[1]]. We read with interest the article by Rüggeberg and Nickel [[1]], looking at the implementation of an unrestricted drinking before surgery policy [[1]]. The work by Rüggeberg and Nickel highlights the disparity between international fasting guidelines and the reality of excessively prolonged peri-operative fasting times in busy surgical centres.
- Subjects
PREPROCEDURAL fasting; MEDICAL personnel; SECOND trimester of pregnancy; THIRD trimester of pregnancy
- Publication
Anaesthesia, 2023, Vol 78, Issue 4, p531
- ISSN
0003-2409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/anae.15927