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Fasting and Premedication in Infants and Children

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Pediatric and Obstetrical Anesthesia

Part of the book series: Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology ((DCCA,volume 30))

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In this lecture, I shall discuss two very exciting aspects of pediatric anesthesia: 1) the development of a scientific basis for the fasting interval for infants and children scheduled for surgery, and 2) premedications, old and new. Both aspects are pertinent to clinical pediatric anesthetic practice today because our understanding of these issues has changed dramatically in the past few years. As I outline below, the changes will reduce the unpleasantness of the hospital visit and the amount of suffering infants and children in our care will have to endure, while we maintain a very high standard of care.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Lerman, J. (1995). Fasting and Premedication in Infants and Children. In: Stanley, T.H., Schafer, P.G. (eds) Pediatric and Obstetrical Anesthesia. Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0319-0_15

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