3 Results
Data from 174 patients was registered on postoperative day(POD) zero,
POD 1-3 and POD 8-10 via PPPM questionnaire given to the parents.
Patient characteristics are shown in Table 1 and a summary of survey
results are shown in Table 3. Six families were lost to follow-up and
were not contactable after they were discharged from hospital. The
children that were given fasting instructions by the hospital(HG) did
not differ significantly from the children that were given fasting
instructions by the anaesthetist. The patients did not have
statistically significant differences in gender distribution. They were
also similar in age and weight(see Table 1).