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Ugeskrift for laeger · Feb 1994
[Fasting times, ventricular aspiration and use of antacids and H2 blockaders at Danish departments of anesthesiology].
- L Nikolajsen, H Mandøe, and B A Schurizek.
- Arhus Kommunehospital, Anaestesiologisk afdeling.
- Ugeskr. Laeg. 1994 Feb 14;156(7):973-7.
AbstractIn a questionnaire sent to 58 anaesthetic departments in Denmark (1992/93), we assessed fasting guidelines, preoperative gastric emptying and the use of pharmacological aspiration prophylaxis. Replies were obtained from 51 departments (88%). Most departments (90%) fast adults for at least six hours prior to elective surgery. However, 14 departments (27%) plan to change their guidelines to allow the intake of clear liquid on the day of surgery. Eighteen departments (35%) hardly ever use preoperative gastric emptying prior to emergency surgery. The other departments differ as to when gastric emptying should be performed. Only few departments (25%) employ pharmacological prophylaxis.
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