Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Interventions to optimise preoperative fasting in paediatrics: a scoping review
Authors' conclusion
These interventions show potential in reducing preoperative fasting duration.
Study context
- Population
- Paediatric patients undergoing procedures under GA (preoperative fasting)
- Participants
- 31,000 patients · 13 studies
- Outcome
- Themes of interventions to optimise paediatric preoperative fasting
Methodological detailsPRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews
- PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Change in facility protocol
- Technology-based intervention
- Individualised fasting programs
- Processes to improve communication between clinicians
- Processes to improve communication to parents and families
- Staff education
- 13 heterogeneous studies, five continents
Original publication
Interventions to optimise preoperative fasting in paediatrics: a scoping review. Br J Anaesth. Published 20 September 2024. doi:10.
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