Prospective audit on fasting status of elective ambulatory surgery patients, correlated to gastric ultrasound.

Acta chirurgica Belgica
Thibo DegeeterMarc Coppens

Abstract

Recent guidelines advocate a preoperative fasting interval of 6 h for solid food, 4 h for breast milk and 2 h for clear fluids. Long nil per mouth intervals give rise to complications and discomfort in the perioperative period. Gastric ultrasound is easily accessible and generates reliable information about gastric content. One hundred patients were offered a questionnaire regarding preoperative fasting. Important outcome measures were hour of last meal, last clear fluids intake, the source of preoperative information. Gastric ultrasound was performed in prone position and lateral decubitus. The mean duration of fasting for solid food was 13h29 and 9h51 for clear fluids. 48% of patients were well aware of the correct fasting guidelines. The most frequent source of information was the preoperative phone call. Gastric ultrasound only found insignificant amounts of gastric content. Too few patients are aware of the correct guidelines or fear complications and therefore adhere to the nil per mouth from midnight as most conservative measure. A phone call informing patients about the hour of surgery and allowing clear fluid intake until 2 h before surgery, is still not convincing enough. Some health care providers advise their patien...Continue Reading

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