Awareness and Compliance Among Health Professionals of the Preoperative Fasting Period

Awareness and Compliance Among Health Professionals of the Preoperative

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03236714

Enrollment

300

Registered

2017-08-02

Start date

2017-07-24

Completion date

2017-09-05

Last updated

2017-08-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Preoperative Fasting

Brief summary

Preoperative fasting is mandatory for anesthetic induction. This period of fasting is probably greater due to delays in the surgical theater and changes in daily operation schedules.Investigators want to resarch between the prescribed and the actual preoperative fasting time.

Detailed description

Before surgery, the patients will be asked to liquid, solid fasting times.and whether information is given about the fasting period.In addition, the appropriateness of health personnel to new guidelines for preoperative fasting will be evaluated.At the end of the study, the desired duration of fasting, clinical practice and trends of health personnel will be investigated.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Days to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Between 1 day and 80 years * Elective surgery * Oral fed * American Society of Anesthesiologists score of 1 or 3

Exclusion criteria

* Intensive care patient * Parenteral nutrition * Emergency surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The patients' preoperative fasting period	one time in two months	Determination of fasting period before surgery trends of new guidelines for preoperative fasting.
Training of health workers	one time in two months	Determining health personnel's application

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results