ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2021
The effect of shortening the preoperative fasting period on patient comfort and gastrointestinal function after elective laparoscopic surgery.
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- The effect of dexamethasone in laparoscopic abdominal surgery - a review on inflammatory markers for stress response.BMC surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Early oral hydration on demand in postanesthesia care unit effectively relieves postoperative thirst in patients after gynecological laparoscopy: a prospective randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Trial
- Impact of Shorter Preoperative Fluid Fasting on Patient Outcomes: A Safe Brain Initiative Retrospective Cohort Analysis.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2026Observational
- Clinical effects of prolonged preoperative fasting in breast cancer surgery: a prospective cohort study.BMC surgery · 2026Observational
- Knowledge, attitude and practice of pre-operative fasting in gastrointestinal surgery: Post-operative complications.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Age affects the immune system more than a moderate surgical trauma and anesthesia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Role of Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound in Advancing Perioperative Fasting Guidelines.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- The StarvAnx Study-Comparison Between the Effects of Non-fasting Vs. Fasting Strategy on Surgical Outcomes, Anxiety and Pain in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery Under Topical Anesthesia: A Randomized, Crossover, Controlled Trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- The Practical Effect of Action Intervention Strategy Combined Based on Surgical and Psychological Factors.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Article
- Beyond "Fast From Midnight"-The New Fasting Norm Is Here.ANZ journal of surgeryArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the influence of shortening preoperative fasting on the comfort and gastrointestinal function of patients undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery.
methodsa total of 179 patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC) in our hospital from March, 2019 to August, 2020 were recruited as the study cohort and placed into the research group (n=97) or the control group (n=82) according to different fasting periods assigned to each patient. In the control group, the patients were subjected to 12-h fasting and 6-h water deprivation before their surgeries, and the patients in the research group were subjected to 6-h fasting and 2-h water deprivation. The preoperative hunger and thirst, comfort, anxiety, and intraoperative aspiration, as well as the postoperative hospital stay durations, the blood glucose levels, the nausea and vomiting, the pain levels, and the times to the recovery of gastrointestinal function were compared between the two groups.
resultsThe research group had shorter hospital stay durations and decreased blood glucose levels. No intraoperative aspiration occurred in either group, and the incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting in the research group was lower than it was in control group. The patients in the research group were less hungry and thirsty and were more comfortable in the preoperative period, and their preoperative self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and postoperative visual analog scale (VAS) scores were lower than the corresponding scores in the control group. The times to first oral feeding, ambulation, anal flatus, defecation, and bowel sounds in the research group were earlier than they were in the control group.
conclusionShortening preoperative fasting improves the comfort levels of patients undergoing elective LC, alleviates thirst and hunger, promotes the recovery of gastrointestinal function, and relieves preoperative anxiety, postoperative pain, and adverse reactions.
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