AORN Journal
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 830-832 , May 2009

Reducing surgical patient fasting times

  • Ruth E. Wachtel, PhD, MBA (Associate professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Anesthesia and Health Management & Policy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

References 

  1. Crenshaw JT , Winslow EH . Preoperative fasting duration and medication instruction: are we improving? . AORN J . 2008;88(6):963–976
  2. Wachtel RE , Dexter F . A simple method for deciding when patients should be ready on the day of surgery without procedure-specific data . Anesth Analg . 2007;105(1):127–140
  3. Dexter F , Ledolter J . Bayesian prediction bounds and comparisons of operating room times even for procedures with few or no historic data . Anesthesiology . 2005;103(6):1259–1267
  4. Dexter F , Macario A , Ledolter J . Identification of systematic underestimation (bias) of case durations during case scheduling would not markedly reduce overutilized operating room time . J Clin Anesth . 2007;19(3):198–203

PII: S0001-2092(09)00263-4

doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2009.04.005

AORN Journal
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 830-832 , May 2009

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