What is the Actual Preoperative Fasting Duration in children undergoing elective surgery under general anaesthesia and is there any fall in BP or sugar with prolonged fasting hours
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/01/061728
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr SN Medical College Jodhpur
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All patients with American Society of Anaesthesiology-Physical Status Grade I or II of either sex, aged between 1year and 14yrs, and undergoing elective surgeries under general anaesthesia, will be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Refusal of parental consent
2.Patients undergoing emergency surgery
3.Patients with increased risk of aspiration eg. patients with full stomach, patients with trache-esophageal fistula, patients with impaired consciousness, patients with swallowing disorders.
4.History of prematurity, seizures, syndromic babies and congenital heart disease
5.History of recent upper respiratory tract infection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method to evaluate the actual preoperative fasting duration for clear liquids in children posted for elective surgery under general anaesthesiaTimepoint: 24hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.to evaluate the actual preoperative fasting duration for solids in children posted for elective surgery under general anaesthesia <br/ ><br>2.To evaluate the correlation between the actual fasting duration of the child and his/her blood glucose level at the time of induction of anaesthesia and 20minutes after initiation of surgery. <br/ ><br>3.To evaluate the correlation between the actual fasting duration of the child and hypotension (as determined by fall in SBP) at the time of induction of anaesthesia. <br/ ><br>4.To evaluate the proportion of children complying to the recommended fasting guidelines for liquids among the total children posted for surgery. <br/ ><br>5.To evaluate the factors responsible for noncompliance to the recommended fasting guidelines. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 24hours