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The Influence of Education of Medical Team on Duration of Fasting Before Elective Medical Interventions Performed Under General Anesthesia in Children

This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.
(unfortunately lacked manpower to carry out the study)
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Sheba Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00545636
First received: October 16, 2007
Last updated: June 7, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of the study is to examine if an education program of the medical teams can help implementation of of NPO (nothing-per-os)orders in children before anesthesia for ambulatory medical interventions under anesthesia and decrease unnecessary long fasting. We shall ask parents of such children to fill in a questionnaire regarding pre-anesthesia fasting and regular eating and drinking habits. Thereafter, all medical teams involved with the administration of NPO orders will receive an educational program to explain and implement the NPO orders as are recommended by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. We will examine if the educational program was successful in reducing unnecessary long period of fasting, and if such a program is not associated with increased rate of delay of cases.


Condition Intervention
Duration of Preoperative Fasting
 Other: education

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Caregiver)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: The Influence of Education of Medical Team on Duration of Fasting Before Elective Medical Interventions Performed Under General Anesthesia in Children

Further study details as provided by Sheba Medical Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Education of the medical teams as to preoperative fasting time will aid in shortening of an unnecessary prolonged fasting [ Time Frame: Immediate pre-anesthesia period (to assess lenth ofpreoperative fasting time) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 0
Study Start Date: March 2008
Estimated Primary Completion Date: March 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Other: education
    The intervention is an education of the medical teams that instruct children to fast before the administration of general anesthesia
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children who are about to undergo anesthesia for elective medical interventions,
  • Age 0-18 years
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00545636

Locations
Israel
Sheba Medical Center
Tel Hashomer, Israel, 52621
Sponsors and Collaborators
Sheba Medical Center
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Ze'ev Shenkman, MD Sheba Medical Center, Department of Anesthsia C and Department of Anesthesia
Study Director: Haim Berkenstadt, MD Sheba Medical Center
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Ze'ev Shenkman, MD, Sheba Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00545636     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: SHEBA-07-4879-ZS-CTIL
Study First Received: October 16, 2007
Last Updated: June 7, 2012
Health Authority: Israel: Israeli Health Ministry Pharmaceutical Administration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anesthetics
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
 Pharmacologic Actions
Central Nervous System Agents
Therapeutic Uses

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013