Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Dr SN Medical College Jodhpur
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients with American Society of Anaesthesiology-Physical Status Grade I or II of either sex, aged between 1year and 14yrs, and undergoing elective surgeries under general anaesthesia, will be included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Refusal of parental consent 2. Patients undergoing emergency surgery 3. Patients with increased risk of aspiration eg. patients with full stomach, patients with trache-esophageal fistula, patients with impaired consciousness, patients with swallowing disorders. 4. History of prematurity, seizures, syndromic babies and congenital heart disease 5. History of recent upper respiratory tract infection
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| to evaluate the actual preoperative fasting duration for clear liquids in children posted for elective surgery under general anaesthesiaTimepoint: 24hours | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. to evaluate the actual preoperative fasting duration for solids in children posted for elective surgery under general anaesthesia 2. To evaluate the correlation between the actual fasting duration of the child and his/her blood glucose level at the time of induction of anaesthesia and 20minutes after initiation of surgery. 3. To evaluate the correlation between the actual fasting duration of the child and hypotension (as determined by fall in SBP) at the time of induction of anaesthesia. 4. To evaluate the proportion of children complying to the recommended fasting guidelines for liquids among the total children posted for surgery. 5. To evaluate the factors responsible for noncompliance to the recommended fasting guidelines. Timepoint: 24hours | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Sarita Janweja
Dr SN Medical College
Outcome results
None listed