Preoperative Fasting Guidelines

Preoperative Fasting Guidelines: Introduction

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Minimum fasting time	Material ingested
2 h	Clear liquids (e.g., water, fruit juice without pulp, soda, tea without milk, black coffee)
4 h	Breast milk
6 h	Infant formula Nonhuman milk Light meal (e.g., tea and toast)
>6 h	Intake of fried/fatty foods may delay gastric emptying. The individual practitioner should consider this and make a determination of the appropriate fasting period