Excessive fasting times: still an underaddressed challenge for African pediatrics and anesthesia?

Gregor Pollach,1,2 Rose Kapenda,2 Beauty Anusa,2 Ethel Waluza,2 Felix Namboya1,21Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, 2Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, Central AfricaBackground: Children are starved before surgery following inte...

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Main Authors: Pollach G, Kapenda R, Anusa B, Waluza E, Namboya F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2014-04-01
Series:Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/excessive-fasting-times-still-an-underaddressed-challenge-for-african--a16452