Pre Anesthetic Instructions Given for Children Treated Under General Anesthesia

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P.E.Jai Rexlin, Dr. Lavanya Govindaraju, Dr. Ganesh Jeevanandan,

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INTRODUCTION: Pre-anesthesia fasting guidelines apply to any procedure that makes use of sedative medications to reduce the protective airway reflex which under normal conditions prevents aspiration.Pre-operative fasting guidelines have been developed by anesthesia societies with almost all following a variant of the “2-4-6-8 rule”.However recent literature emphasises on minimising the fasting time to one hour for clear fluids in children. 

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P.E.Jai Rexlin, Dr. Lavanya Govindaraju, Dr. Ganesh Jeevanandan,. (2022). Pre Anesthetic Instructions Given for Children Treated Under General Anesthesia. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 10, 125 –. Retrieved from https://www.jclmm.com/index.php/journal/article/view/52
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