APAGBI Fasting Guidelines & Sip Till Send Hot Topic

The latest APAGBI Hot Topic exploring fluid fasting before surgery is now live!

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This Hot Topic is accompanied by the publication of the APA Infographic Fasting Guidelines Before a General Anaesthetic and is dedicated to Mark Thomas, Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia at Great Ormond Street Hospital and former President of the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

Mark was instrumental in advancing the shift from a conventional two-hour clear fluid fasting policy to a more progressive one-hour approach. He was driven by a clear vision to ameliorate the burden of unnecessary prolonged preoperative fasting in children and to embed more evidence-informed, child-centred fasting practices into paediatric anaesthesia. This Hot Topic & Infographic builds on the trajectory he established, by evaluating the current evidence base and implementation considerations for allowing children to drink clear fluids up until call to theatre.