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Title
Actual preoperative fasting time in Brazilian hospitals: the BIGFAST multicenter study.
Authors
de Aguilar-Nascimento, José E; de Almeida Dias, Ana L; Dock-Nascimento, Diana B; Correia, Maria Isabel Td; Campos, Antonio Cl; Portari-Filho, Pedro Eder; Oliveira, Sergio S
Abstract
Prolonged fasting increases organic response to trauma. This multicenter study investigated the gap between the prescribed and the actual preoperative fasting times in Brazilian hospitals and factors associated with this gap.
Publication
Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2014, Vol 10, p107