Should Children Undergo Surgery Without A Long Period Of Fasting After Feeding?
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 22:29
in Health & Medicine
Children can tolerate the stress of surgery when they are fed until two hours before surgery, because there was no difference regarding stomach residue and metabolic changes among patients that underwent surgery after fasting for short and long periods. There is no need for more than two hours of fasting before inguinoscrotal region surgery. Further studies in surgical patients should help to substantiate the safety and clinical benefits of this new concept.