Quality improvement project to reduce pediatric clear liquid fasting times prior to anesthesia.
Rebecca IssermanElizabeth ElliottRajeev Subramanyam IyerBlair KrausTori SutherlandChinonyerem MaduPaul A StrickerPublished in: Paediatric anaesthesia (2019)
Using quality improvement methodology, we safely improved the duration of preoperative fasting experienced by our patients. Our results provide additional data supporting the safety of more permissive 1-hour clear liquid fasting minimums. We suggest other institutions pursue similar efforts to improve patient and family experience.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- patient safety
- blood glucose
- end stage renal disease
- insulin resistance
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- ionic liquid
- blood pressure
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- case report
- machine learning
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported