Does oral administration of apple juice prevent dehydration and produce positive behavior in low-risk, pediatric orthopedic surgical patients compared to overnight fasting?
Providing apple juice on the morning of surgery is a simple procedure to prevent dehydration and improve behavior in pediatric orthopedic surgical patients.
A 15 ml.kg(-1) of apple juice for patients of <3 years of age or 10 ml.kg(-1) for older children, at 06:00-06:30 am of the surgical morning is a simple procedure to prevent dehydration and to produce positive behavior in low-risk, pediatric surgical patients.
Castillo‐Zamora et al. (2005) studied this question.