Gastric content assessed with gastric ultrasound in paediatric patients prescribed a light breakfast prior to general anaesthesia. A prospective observational study.
CONCLUSION: A light breakfast four hours prior to induction may be considered, but there is need for further studies on safe limits for the volume ingested.
PMID: 31608517 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Andersson H, Frykholm P Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research
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