The 1-Hour Versus 2-Hour Clear Liquid Fasting Pro-Con Debate: What Problem Are We Solving?

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Editorial

Khoa N Nguyen et al. Anesth Analg. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 1;133(3):578-580.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005658.

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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