Duration of Preoperative Fasting
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to examine if an education program of the medical teams can help implementation of of NPO (nothing-per-os)orders in children before anesthesia for ambulatory medical interventions under anesthesia and decrease unnecessary long fasting. We shall ask parents of such children to fill in a questionnaire regarding pre-anesthesia fasting and regular eating and drinking habits. Thereafter, all medical teams involved with the administration of NPO orders will receive an educational program to explain and implement the NPO orders as are recommended by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. We will examine if the educational program was successful in reducing unnecessary long period of fasting, and if such a program is not associated with increased rate of delay of cases.
Interventions
OTHEReducation
The intervention is an education of the medical teams that instruct children to fast before the administration of general anesthesia
Sponsors
Sheba Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Children who are about to undergo anesthesia for elective medical interventions, * Age 0-18 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Education of the medical teams as to preoperative fasting time will aid in shortening of an unnecessary prolonged fasting | Immediate pre-anesthesia period (to assess lenth ofpreoperative fasting time) |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed