Unexpectedly prolonged fasting and its consequences on elderly patients undergoing spinal anesthetics. A prospective observational study1.

CONCLUSION: Our study has shown that fasting times in our population is far longer than recommended and fasting prolonged>15 hours is related to a transiently increased cardiac stress and mild hypothermia.
PMID: 30892395 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Acta Cirurgica Brasileira - March 17, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Yeniay O, Tekgul ZT, Okur O, Koroglu N Tags: Acta Cir Bras Source Type: research