3.1. Fasting
Children’s preoperative fasting time for liquids differed significantly
between groups(see Table 2). The children in the Anaesthetic Group(AG)
were told to consume 2mL/kg of clear apple juice 2 hours prior to their
scheduled surgical start time. Even with these instructions, the average
time from apple juice to surgical start time was 3.5 hours.
Even with clear instructions given to both groups, the patients remained
fasting for much longer than instructed. The hospital group had the
longest time in between when they had their last fluid intake and when
surgery actually started.