Patients are asked to be fasted for certain period of time before sedation to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration. However, fasting can be harmful, especially in children who has smaller reserves of energy and fluids compared to the adults. Prolonged fasting may increase nausea, vomiting, dehydration, and hypoglycemia. Therefore, it is important to minimize prolonged fasting time in pediatric patients. This study is aimed to investigate the safety of minimal fasting time (2 hours) compared to the standard fasting time (4 hours) with gastric ultrasound.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
100
Oral intake is not allowed for 4 hours before sedation including water.
Oral intake is not allowed for 2 hours before sedation including water.
Jinyoung Song
Seoul, Gangnam, South Korea
Risk of aspiration
Gastric antral cross-sectional area assessed with gastric ultrasound
Time frame: 10 minutes before sedation
The incidence of complications
he incidence of major (pulmonary aspiration, aspiration pneumonia) and minor complications (nausea and vomiting, dehydration) between two groups.
Time frame: 10 minutes after sedation
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