surgical patients
Conditions
Interventions
none
Sponsors
None
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients scheduled for elective surgery at the operating theaters of the AUMC, location AMC - Patients receiving general anesthesia, (loco)regional anesthesia or requested monitoring by an anesthesia team
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Patients for emergency surgery - Patients admitted at the Intensive Care Unit preoperatively - Patients who completed and send back the no objection letter
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - To study the average preoperative fasting times for elective surgical patients at the AUMC, location AMC. - To study the incidence of prolonged fasting, defined as longer than the standard fasting times preoperatively (6-2 hrs rule for adults, 6-4-1 hrs rule for children). And, separately, record the preoperative fasting times for the following food categories: -of solids -of clear fluids -of and in case of children (non-)human milk | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Study the differences in fasting times between surgical specialties / surgical wards. - Study the differences in fasting times between clinical surgery’s and day case surgery’s. - Study the differences in fasting times between the first scheduled patient of the day and the other scheduled patients. - Study the patient characteristics that are associated with the preoperative fasting times? | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMireille van Stijn
Amsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMC
Outcome results
None listed