Preoperative fasting and prevention of pulmonary aspiration in adults: research feast, quality improvement famine

Affiliations

¹ Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: david.hewson@nottingham.ac.uk.
² Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

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David W Hewson et al. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Apr.

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. 2020 Apr;124(4):361-363.

doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.12.018. Epub 2020 Jan 21.

¹ Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. Electronic address: david.hewson@nottingham.ac.uk.
² Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

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Keywords: fasting; gastric physiology; pulmonary aspiration; quality improvement; research methodology.

Comment in

Time for anaesthetists to take back control of the preoperative fasting message. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2020; 124: 361-3.
Rowe D. Rowe D. Br J Anaesth. 2020 Oct;125(4):e347-e348. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.05.024. Epub 2020 Jun 24. Br J Anaesth. 2020. PMID: 32591090 No abstract available.