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Evaluating the effects of preoperative fasting and fluid limitation.
- Source :
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International Journal of Nursing Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) . Apr2015, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p156-165. 10p. 3 Charts, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of preoperative fasting and fluid limitation in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Although traditional long-term fasting is not recommended in current preoperative guidelines, this is still a common intervention. Visual analogue scale was used to assess hunger, thirst, sleepiness, exhaustion, nausea and pain; State and Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to assess the preoperative anxiety of 99 patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Mean time of preoperative fasting and fluid limitation were, respectively, 14.70 ± 3.14 and 11.25 ± 3.74 h. Preoperatively, 58.60% of the patients experienced moderate anxiety. Patients fasting 12 h or longer had higher hunger, thirst, nausea and pain scores. The mean trait anxiety score of patients fasting 12 h or longer was statistically significantly higher. Receiving nothing by mouth after midnight preoperatively is a persisted intervention and results in discomfort of patients. Clinical protocols should be revised and nurses should be trained in current fasting protocols. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANXIETY
*CHI-squared test
*CHOLECYSTECTOMY
*CHRONIC diseases
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*DRINKING (Physiology)
*FATIGUE (Physiology)
*HUNGER
*LAPAROSCOPIC surgery
*MATHEMATICAL statistics
*RESEARCH methodology
*NAUSEA
*POSTOPERATIVE pain
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*STATISTICAL sampling
*STATISTICS
*ELECTIVE surgery
*T-test (Statistics)
*THIRST
*TIME
*SAMPLE size (Statistics)
*DATA analysis
*PARAMETERS (Statistics)
*PAIN measurement
*VISUAL analog scale
*CROSS-sectional method
*PREPROCEDURAL fasting
*STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*MANN Whitney U Test
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13227114
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Nursing Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 102012030
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ijn.12239