Preoperative fasting
Enhance your understanding of the complications associated with preoperative fasting and update your knowledge of evidence-based changes in preoperative fasting practice
This quiz is based on the article Preoperative fasting practice: optimising surgical patients’ food and fluid intake (Nursing Standard, March 2026)
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