Groves H
Br J Theatre Nurs. 1994 May;4(2):14-6.
Twenty years ago, Hamilton Smith undertook an extensive research study into the practice of patient fasting times. Data was collected by interviewing nurses and anaesthetists in four hospitals, to ascertain whether individual regimes were planned for patients. The large study looked at a wide range of issues and it was found that 'blanket' fasting was the general practice. Hamilton Smith discovered that, despite research showing that safe fasting times ranged from four to six hours, patients' prepared for surgery in the morning were all fasted from midnight. This sometimes resulted in a starvation period of up to twelve hours. Fasting patients irrespective of individualised time of surgery, does not reflect individual care.
二十年前，汉密尔顿·史密斯对患者禁食时间的做法进行了一项广泛的研究。通过采访四家医院的护士和麻醉师收集数据，以确定是否为患者制定了个性化的方案。这项大型研究考察了广泛的问题，发现普遍实行的是“一刀切”式禁食。汉密尔顿·史密斯发现，尽管研究表明安全禁食时间为四至六小时，但早上准备接受手术的患者都是从午夜开始禁食。这有时会导致长达十二小时的饥饿期。不管手术时间是否个性化，对患者进行禁食都不能体现个性化护理。
