TY - JOUR
T1 - Sedation for pediatric echocardiography
T2 - Evaluation of preprocedure fasting guidelines
AU - Ghaffar, Sadia
AU - Haverland, Cherie
AU - Ramaciotti, Claudio
AU - Scott, William A.
AU - Lemler, Matthew S.
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - In an effort to increase the safety of sedated procedures, there is a recent trend to increase preprocedure fasting times. However, optimal fasting times have never been established for a sedated echocardiogram. We retrospectively analyzed 334 patients divided into 2 groups. Group 1 (140 patients) had fasting times less than 2 hours, whereas group 2 (184 patients) had fasting times more than 2 hours. When the entire population was considered, there was no difference in efficacy between the 2 groups (P = .08). However, in patients younger than 6 months, group 2 had decreased efficacy compared with group 1 (P = .03). There were no major complications in either group. There was no difference in the rate of minor complications between the 2 groups. Our study concludes that longer fasting times are less efficacious in children younger than 6 months, and do not improve safety.
AB - In an effort to increase the safety of sedated procedures, there is a recent trend to increase preprocedure fasting times. However, optimal fasting times have never been established for a sedated echocardiogram. We retrospectively analyzed 334 patients divided into 2 groups. Group 1 (140 patients) had fasting times less than 2 hours, whereas group 2 (184 patients) had fasting times more than 2 hours. When the entire population was considered, there was no difference in efficacy between the 2 groups (P = .08). However, in patients younger than 6 months, group 2 had decreased efficacy compared with group 1 (P = .03). There were no major complications in either group. There was no difference in the rate of minor complications between the 2 groups. Our study concludes that longer fasting times are less efficacious in children younger than 6 months, and do not improve safety.
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U2 - 10.1067/mje.2002.121274
DO - 10.1067/mje.2002.121274
M3 - Article
C2 - 12221416
AN - SCOPUS:0036739805
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 15
SP - 980
EP - 983
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 9
ER -