The guidelines for fasting times are quite well defined to aid the anesthesiologists to perform anesthesia. Current guidelines in pediatric patients over 6 months describe 2 hours of fasting time for clear fluids. However, for some emergency surgeries, this fasting time may be a limiting constraint. The r ecently published study suggests that fasting time of 1 hour doesn’t produce a significantly important difference in gastric pH. The gastric pH management is one of the most important tasks for the anesthesiologist.
The current guidelines regarding the fasting time for clear liquids state that it should be 2 hours prior to elective procedures in which general or regional anesthesia is required. The clear fluids include water, fruit juices, clear tea and black coffee. It is found that 2 hours of fasting time produces favorable conditions of pH more than 2.5. The new study published…
