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The Influence of Education of Medical Team on Duration of Fasting Before Elective Medical Interventions Performed Under General Anesthesia in Children

NCT00545636 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2012-06-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine if an education program of the medical teams can help implementation of of NPO (nothing-per-os)orders in children before anesthesia for ambulatory medical interventions under anesthesia and decrease unnecessary long fasting. We shall ask parents of such children to fill in a questionnaire regarding pre-anesthesia fasting and regular eating and drinking habits. Thereafter, all medical teams involved with the administration of NPO orders will receive an educational program to explain and implement the NPO orders as are recommended by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. We will examine if the educational program was successful in reducing unnecessary long period of fasting, and if such a program is not associated with increased rate of delay of cases.

Conditions

  • Duration of Preoperative Fasting

Interventions

OTHER

education

The intervention is an education of the medical teams that instruct children to fast before the administration of general anesthesia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Ze'ev Shenkman, MD · Sheba Medical Center, Department of Anesthsia C and Department of Anesthesia

  • Haim Berkenstadt, MD · Sheba Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-03-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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