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Reducing Fasting Time for Breast Milk to 3 Hours

NCT05355428 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-06-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Shortening fasting times in young children undergoing general anesthesia aims to avoid the detrimental effects of prolonged fasting. However, the quantities of acidified milk that might be expected in the stomach following a shortened fast have not yet been fully investigated. The role of gastric ultrasound in quantifying particulate gastric content is not fully understood.

Conditions

  • Gastric Residual Volume

Interventions

OTHER

offering of breast milk feed 3 hours prior to planned surgery start

parents will be asked to offer a breast milk feed (from breast or expressed in bottle) at a given time 3 hours prior to planned induction time

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • King's College Hospital NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Months
Max Age
18 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-01
Primary Completion
2024-08-01
Completion
2024-10-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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