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Per the ASA guidelines, how many hours prior to the induction of anesthesia should breast milk be stopped in a 4 month old infant?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 6

e) 8

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Answer

Answer C.

Recall that NPO guidelines published by the ASA [1] include:

solid foods (6-8 hours)
formula (6 hours)
breast milk (4 hours)
clears (2 hours).

Some centers have elected to modify these guidelines as there are recent data making these regulations controversial.


Notes

This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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