Hi everyone,

I'm not great at cutting and pasting, but someone wrote this about preop
guidelines:  (my comment to follow)

"so funny you should ask this today, as i just now picked up the latest copy
of Leaven (Dec/Jan), having lost it for a few weeks, unread.  In it there
is an elightening (to me at least) article about just this topic, titled
"Preoperative Fasting: Guidelines for Breastfed Infants and Children."  I
can quote from it if you don't have access, and think it would be helpful -
just let me know!  IT is chock full of info, including the ASA (society of
anesthesiologists) current guidelines, information on aspiration risks and
severity of risk depending on what is aspirated, findings from various
studies, and lots of primary references, where you might find even more
depth info.  Perhaps the author is even on Lactnet?  The author is Sue
Iwinski.

I will ask Sue to email you, she is a good friend of mine and I am going to
see her in about an hour.  Also, the little blurb at the end, about who she
is, credentials and stuff...it says she wrote this article after looking
for information for a friend who's baby was having surgery...that baby is
my son.  I was touched when I read it...just wanted to pass it on.

Trish

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