Observance of preoperative clear fluid fasting in pediatric anesthesia: oral and written information versus text message information. A before‐and‐after study

Alexandre Thomasseau; Yohann Rebollar; Maxime Dupuis; Nathalie Marschal; Jiad N. Mcheik; B. Debaene; Denis Frasca; Matthieu Boisson

doi:10.1111/pan.14145

February 3, 2021Pediatric Anesthesia

Observance of preoperative clear fluid fasting in pediatric anesthesia: oral and written information versus text message information. A before‐and‐after study

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Why the study?

Does sending a reminder text message to parents improve observance of preoperative fasting rules in children undergoing scheduled surgery?

Structured PICO

Does sending a reminder text message to parents improve observance of preoperative fasting rules in children undergoing scheduled surgery?

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Population

Children undergoing scheduled surgery

I

Intervention

Reminder text message sent to parents the day before surgery

C

Comparator

Oral and written information (before phase)

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Outcome

Observance of preoperative clear fluid fasting rules

Sending a text message reminder to parents the day before surgery significantly improves adherence to preoperative fasting rules in pediatric patients.

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Implication

Text reminders may improve pediatric fasting adherence; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.

Abstract

Sending of a reminder text message to the parents the day before the surgery resulted in a significant increase in observance of fasting rules in children undergoing scheduled surgery.

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Thomasseau et al. (2021) studied this question.

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Observance of preoperative clear fluid fasting in pediatric anesthesia: oral and written information versus text message information. A before‐and‐after study

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Observance of preoperative clear fluid fasting in pediatric anesthesia: oral and written information versus text message information. A before‐and‐after study

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