A review of pediatric fasting guidelines and strategies to help children manage preoperative fasting

Fasting for surgery is a routine step in the preoperative preparation for surgery. There have however been increasing concerns with regard to the high incidence of prolonged fasting in children, and the subsequent psycho-social distress and physiological consequences that this poses.

Citation:
Zhang E, Hauser N, Sommerfield A, Sommerfield D, von Ungern-Sternberg BS. A review of pediatric fasting guidelines and strategies to help children manage preoperative fasting. Paediatr Anaesth. 2023

Keywords:
Anesthesia; children; fasting; pediatric; tolerance

Abstract:
Fasting for surgery is a routine step in the preoperative preparation for surgery. There have however been increasing concerns with regard to the high incidence of prolonged fasting in children, and the subsequent psycho-social distress and physiological consequences that this poses.