Aspiration Pneumonia in a Pediatric Patient under General Anesthesia despite Adequate Preoperative Fasting
Aspiration pneumonia rarely occurs during general anesthesia; however, it can result in fatal pulmonary complications. To reduce aspiration pneumonia, a preoperative fasting time of 8 hours is recommended. A 4-year-old boy with ankyloglossia was scheduled for frenotomy. He completed preoperative fas...
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| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://kjccm.org/upload/pdf/kjccm-2015-30-4-313.pdf |