Podcast # 347: Fasting and Procedural Sedation

Author: Sam Killian, MD

Educational Pearls:

• Recent study examining fasting and adverse events during procedural sedation found no association between fasting duration and any type of adverse event.

• Of the 6,183 children in the study, about 6 vomited during the procedure, and about 300 vomited recently after the procedure, and there were no episodes of aspiration.

References

Bhatt, M, et al.  (2018). Association of Preprocedural Fasting With Outcomes of Emergency Department Sedation in Children. JAMA Pediatrics, doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0830. [Epub ahead of print]