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Podcast # 469: Go PO
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4 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Author: Dave Rosenberg, MD Educational Pearls: Nothing by mouth (NPO) status routinely used before surgery to reduce the theoretical risk of aspiration However, surgery poses a large physiological stress. Calories and fluid are needed to overcome stresses like these Patients who drank 1/2 strength Gatorade up to 2 hours before surgery did better than those who did not References Alyssa Cheng-Cheng Zhu, Aalok Agarwala, Xiaodong Bao. Perioperative Fluid Management in the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Pathway. Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery 2019; 32(02): 114-120. DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676476 Summarized by Will Dewispelaere, MS3 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD
Released:
May 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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