Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Peri‐operative fasting in adults: an international, multidisciplinary consensus statement
Methodological detailssystematic literature review, three-round Delphi process, international, multidisciplinary
- Systematic literature review
- Three-round Delphi process
- International
- Multidisciplinary
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
Continue current practices on pre-operative fasting for solid food and non-clear liquids.
Encourage clear liquids until 2 h before the start of anaesthesia or sedation, unless institutional protocols allow more liberal liquid intake.
Implement institutional protocols that allow more liberal clear liquid intake < 2 h before the start of anaesthesia or sedation.
Salivation stimulants can be used until transfer for the procedure.
Resume oral intake as soon as clinically feasible.
Preprocedural gastric ultrasound by a trained provider may be used to guide clinical decisions when additional information is required.
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