Letting patients drink clear fluids until called to the operating room to shorten pre-surgery fasting

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This single-center quality improvement initiative uses a Plan-Do-Study-Act framework to implement a local standard operating procedure allowing clear liquids until patients are called to the operating room. The team will train anesthesiology staff, provide patient fasting instruction cards, and roll out supporting materials such as posters and short screencasts. Fasting durations and selected perioperative outcomes (e.g., fluid intake, postoperative nausea and vomiting, pulmonary complications, and delirium) will be recorded before and after implementation. Data will be analyzed to guide iterative adjustments to the local protocol.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* All patients elective surgery or intervention requiring with anesthesiology care general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, sedation, or anesthesiology stand-by

Exclusion Criteria:

* Already sedated, intubated, and mechanically ventilated patients

Where it's running

• Justus Liebig University Giessen, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg
  Giessen, Germany Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Marit Habicher, Dr.
• Email: Marit.Habicher@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de
• Phone: +4964198544401

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.