Preoperative fluid fasting : Establishment of a liberal fluid regimen using fasting cards

CONCLUSION: Patients should be allowed to drink water and hypotonic clear fluids until shortly before an operation to avoid complications of overly long fasting times. Fasting cards help to implement this by providing easy to understand information for patients and healthcare workers. This concept should be clearly structured, transparent for everyone, written down and brought to the attention of the patient without a language barrier.PMID:34106289 | DOI:10.1007/s00101-021-00918-7

Source: Der Anaesthesist - June 9, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Anne R üggeberg Peggy Dubois Ulrich B öcker Herwig Gerlach Source Type: research