Ultrasound assessment of gastric emptying time after intake of clear fluids in children scheduled for general anesthesia - a prospective observational study.

CONCLUSION: This study showed that the gastric emptying time of children after intake up to 5 mL kg-1 clear fluids was less than 1 hour in a clinical setting. These results support the more liberal fasting regimen favoring a 1 hour fasting time and suggest 5 mL kg-1 as an upper limit for clear fluids (e.g. water, sugared water or tea or diluted fruit juice) from 2 hours to 1 hour before induction of anesthesia in children.
PMID: 32997821 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - September 29, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Beck CE, Chandrakumar T, Sümpelmann R, Nickel K, Keil O, Heiderich S, Boethig D, Witt L, Dennhardt N Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research