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Does prolonged fasting (>15 hours) increase cardiac stress and hypothermia in elderly patients undergoing spinal anesthetics?
Does prolonged fasting (>15 hours) increase cardiac stress and hypothermia in elderly patients undergoing spinal anesthetics?
Prolonged fasting (>15 hours) prior to spinal anesthesia in elderly patients is associated with adverse physiological consequences including increased cardiac stress and mild hypothermia.
Prolonged fasting may increase cardiac stress in elderly spinal anesthesia patients; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Our study has shown that fasting times in our population is far longer than recommended and fasting prolonged>15 hours is related to a transiently increased cardiac stress and mild hypothermia.
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