new NPO guidelines

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does anyone know the new NPOguidelines. me and a doc were discussingit, i know i read them but can not remeber where. does anyone know them or where i can find it preferably.

I remeber it saying clr liquids up to 2 hours before and light snack 4-6 hours before.

any help is appreciated.

P_RN, ADN, RN

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http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u12/u1202_02.htm

I went to google.com and put in:

new anesthesia NPO guidelines

I just had this discussion Monday with our daughter's doctor.

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