Feasibility of a small mount of water intake at early stage after general anesthesia in children / 中华麻醉学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the feasibility of a small amount of water intake at the early stage after general anesthesia in children.Methods Five hundred and seventy children underwent operations under general anesthesia were randomly divided into 2 groupscontrol group ( n =288) and early postoperative drinking group ( n =282).The children received routine water deprivation after operation in control group.After recovery from anesthesia and recovery of coughing and swallowing reflexes,the children were allowed to drink a small amount of water in early postoperative drinking group.The incidences of crying,bucking,aspiration and hyoxemia were recorded before water intake and at 5 min after water intake.Results Compared with control group,the incidence of crying was significantly decreased and no significant change was found in the incidence of bucking in early postoperative drinking group.No patients exhibited aspiration and hyoxemia in the two groups.Conclusion It is feasible that children drink a small amount of water at the early stage after general anesthesia.