Preoperative Fasting

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2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting: Carbohydrate-containing Clear Liquids with or without Protein, Chewing Gum, and Pediatric Fasting Duration—A Modular Update of the 2017 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting*

2023 Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society Statement on fasting for elective pediatric anesthesia

Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration

Reviewing "Nil Per Os" Guidance for Clear Fluids in Children Before Anesthesia: Survey of the Pediatric Anesthesia Leadership Council

Guideline on anaesthesia and sedation in breastfeeding women 2020

Preoperative fasting in children: review of existing guidelines and recent developments

The rationale for the recommendations of the European Paediatric Fasting Guideline: Improving paediatric anaesthesia and perioperative medicine

Pre-operative fasting in children: A guideline from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care

Impact of liberal preoperative clear fluid fasting regimens on the risk of pulmonary aspiration in children (EUROFAST): an international prospective cohort study

Preoperative Fluid Fasting Times and Postinduction Low Blood Pressure in Children: A Retrospective Analysis

UpToDate: Preoperative fasting in children and infants

Fluid Fasting in Children: Solid Science?

https://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(21)00111-2/fulltext

Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society statement on clear fluid fasting for elective pediatric anesthesia

https://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=2766011

From PAAD

Preoperative fasting in children

Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society statement on clear fluid fasting for elective pediatric anesthesia

Anesthesia & Breastfeeding: More Often Than Not, They Are Compatible

Ultrasound Insights into Neonatal Fasting: Get in the NP-Know

ABM Clinical Protocol #15: Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother, Revised 2017

The thirst for improvement: ensuring shorter and safer pre-operative fasting times in children

Effect of a carbohydrate lollipop on the gastric volume of fasted pediatric patients

Relationship between Fasting Times and Emergence Delirium in Children Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging under Sedation

Acute Intraoperative Pulmonary Aspiration

Impact of liberal preoperative clear fluid fasting regimens on the risk of pulmonary aspiration in children (EUROFAST): an international prospective cohort study Comment

Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration. Anesthesiology. 2017 Mar;126(3):376-393.

Frykholm P, Disma N, Andersson H, Beck C, Bouvet L, Cercueil E, Elliott E, Hofmann J, Isserman R, Kaucane A, Kuhn F, de Queiroz Siqueira M, Rosen D, Rudolph D, Schmidt AR, Schmitz A, Stocki D, Sumpelmann R, Stricker PA, Thomas M, Veyckemans F, Afshari A. Preoperative fasting in children: guideline from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2022; 39:4–25.

Disma N, Frykholm P, Cook-Sather SD, Lerman J. Pro-con debate: 1- vs. 2-hour fast for clear liquids before anesthesia in children. Anesth Anal 2021; 133:581-91.

Determining residual gastric volume in healthy children using ultrasound

Ultrasound Assessment of Gastric Fluid Volume in Children Scheduled for Elective Surgery After Clear Fluid Fasting for 1 Versus 2 Hours: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Joshi GP, Abdelmalak BB, Weigel WA, et al. 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting: Carbohydrate-containing Clear Liquids with or without Protein, Chewing Gum, and Pediatric Fasting Duration-A Modular Update of the 2017 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting. Anesthesiology. Feb 1 2023;138(2):132-151. doi:10.1097/aln.0000000000004381

Frykholm P, Disma N, Andersson H, et al. Pre-operative fasting in children: A guideline from the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. European journal of anaesthesiology. Jan 1 2022;39(1):4-25. doi:10.1097/eja.0000000000001599

Sarhan KA, Hasaneen H, Hasanin A, Mohammed H, Saleh R, Kamel A. Ultrasound Assessment of Gastric Fluid Volume in Children Scheduled for Elective Surgery After Clear Fluid Fasting for 1 Versus 2 Hours: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesthesia and analgesia. Apr 1 2023;136(4):711-718. doi:10.1213/ane.0000000000006157

Yaster M, Galinkin J, Schreiner M. An Introduction to the Ethical Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Pediatric Clinical Trials. In: Andropolous D, Gregory G, eds. Gregory's Pediatric Anesthesia. 6th ed. Wiley-Blackwell; 2020:56-74:chap 4.

Roberts RB, Shirley MA. Reducing the risk of acid aspiration during cesarean section. Anesthesia and analgesia. Nov-Dec 1974;53(6):859-68. doi:10.1213/00000539-197453060-00010

DM, Rocke DA, Brock-Utne JG, Marszalek A, Engelbrecht HE. Critical volume for pulmonary acid aspiration: reappraisal in a primate model. British journal of anaesthesia. Aug 1990;65(2):248-50. doi:10.1093/bja/65.2.248

Contrasting Perspectives of Anesthesiologists and Gastroenterologists on the Optimal Time Interval between Bowel Preparation and Endoscopic Sedation

Pre-Procedural Fasting Policies for Patients Receiving Tube Feeding: A National Survey

Incidence of adverse respiratory events after adjustment of clear fluid fasting recommendations to 1 h: a prospective, observational, multi-institutional cohort study

Perioperative Tube Feedings – Common Questions

Preoperative Renin-Angiotensin System Antagonists Intake and Blood Pressure Responses During Ambulatory Surgical Procedures: A Prospective Cohort Study

Preoperative fasting and the risk of pulmonary aspiration—a narrative review of historical concepts, physiological effects, and new perspectives

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Staying the Two-Hour Course on Pediatric Fasting Before Elective Surgery

Kelly C, Walker R. Perioperative pulmonary aspiration is infrequent and low risk in pediatric anesthetic practice. Paediatr Anaesth.2015;25:36-43.18.

Warner MA, Warner ME, Warner DO, et al. Perioperative pulmonary aspiration in infants and children. Anesthes. 1999;90:66-71.

Preoperative fasting in paediatric anaesthesia: a movie with a predicable ending

Gastric emptying for liquids of different compositions in children