Doctors check if skipping meals before surgery is safe
NCT ID NCT01258361
Summary
This study aimed to find out if not eating or drinking before surgery (preoperative fasting) causes a significant drop in a patient's blood volume. Researchers enrolled 100 patients scheduled for gynecological or abdominal surgery. They used heart ultrasound scans to measure blood volume changes before and after the required fasting period.
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes
Nîmes, Gard, 30029, France
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