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To Fast or Not to Fast Before Elective Cardiac Catheterization

from Medscape

To Fast or Not to Fast Before Elective Cardiac Catheterization Medscape No restriction of oral food intake prior to nonemergent cardiac catheterization is as safe as the current traditional NPO [nothing by mouth] strategy, results from a large, single center, randomized controlled trial showed. According to lead investigator Abhishek Mishra, M.D., NPO after midnight has been a standard practice before major surgery requiring general anesthesia since Mendelson Syndrome was first described in 1946. READ MORE

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