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To find out whether following the standardised instructions about not eating or drinking before surgery make children less cranky, reduce the risk of problems during surgery, ease parents worries, and improve how satisfied parents feel with the care given to their children.

A quasi-experimental study to determine the effect of a standardised pre-operative fasting guideline among children in terms of irritability, pulmonary aspiration rate, parental anxiety and parental satisfaction in the pediatric surgery ward. - NIL

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/05/111205
Enrollment
100
Registered
2026-05-27
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: Y658- Other specified misadventures during surgical and medical care

Interventions

Intervention1: Standardised pre operative fasting guidelines: Sensitising healthcare members Pediatric surgeons and nurses, and implementing a standardised pre-operative fasting guideline recommende

Sponsors

Jincy Kuriakose
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Children aged 1 month -2years with ASA Physical Status I or II (ASA I - A normal healthy patient, ASA II- A patient with mild systemic disease) 2. Children on breastfeeding or complementary feeds with breastfeeding scheduled for elective surgery under general anaesthesia . 3. Children whose parents provide informed consent for participation. 4. Children whose parents understand Hindi or English.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Neonates

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To assess the effect of a standardised pre-operative fasting guideline on irritability score among children.Timepoint: 1 time point—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1.To determine the effect of a standardised pre-operative fasting guideline on parental anxiety among children undergoing surgery 2.To compare parent satisfaction regarding the preoperative fasting experience in the control group and intervention group. 3.To compare the incidence of pulmonary aspiration between the control and intervention group. Timepoint: 1 point—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactJincy Kuriakose

AIIMS, New DELHI

levis.murry@gmail.com7838990810

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026