The risk of shorter fasting time for pediatric deep sedation | Zendy

Abdallah Dalabih | Zendy; Mathew Clark | Zendy; Esma Birişçi | Zendy; J. S. ANDERSON | Zendy; ChristinaM Anliker | Zendy; MichealA Bryant | Zendy; Craig A. Downs | Zendy

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The risk of shorter fasting time for pediatric deep sedation

Author(s) -

Abdallah Dalabih,

Mathew Clark,

Esma Birişçi,

J. S. ANDERSON,

ChristinaM Anliker,

MichealA Bryant,

Craig A. Downs

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

anesthesia essays and researches

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0259-1162

DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.186598

Subject(s) - medicine , sedation , guideline , american society of anesthesiologists , preoperative fasting , observational study , complication , cohort , prospective cohort study , anesthesia , pediatrics , emergency medicine , surgery , perioperative , pathology

Current guidelines adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics calls for prolonged fasting times before performing pediatric procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA). PSA is increasingly provided to children outside of the operating theater by sedation trained pediatric providers and does not require airway manipulation. We investigated the safety of a shorter fasting time compared to a longer and guideline compliant fasting time. We tried to identify the association between fasting time and sedation-related complications.

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