Abstract
The National Service Framework for Children [DoH, 2003] encourages the development of guidelines and the use of audit to ensure that the treatment and care offered to children is continually improving. Thus an audit was undertaken in a South London Day Surgery Unit to ascertain the fasting times of children undergoing dental treatment under general anaesthetic. A literature search identified that clear fluids can be safely ingested until two hours prior to general anaesthesia and the Trust guidelines were found to be congruent with current evidence.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,Medical–Surgical
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