Fasting for anaesthesia: Less is more!

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA. E-mail: Elliotte1@email.chop.edu.
² Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Editorial

Elizabeth M Elliott et al. Indian J Anaesth. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;64(2):87-89.

doi: 10.4103/ija.IJA_936_19. Epub 2020 Feb 4.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA. E-mail: Elliotte1@email.chop.edu.
² Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

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