Enhanced recovery after surgery strategy to shorten perioperative fasting in children undergoing non-gastrointestinal surgery: A prospective study

Table 1 Comparison of general clinical data between the two groups

	Conventional group (n = 151)	ERAS group (n = 152)	P value
Gender, n (%)			0.447
Male	93 (61.6)	100 (65.8)
Female	58 (38.4)	52 (34.2)
Age (yr), median (range)	2.2 (0.3,13.1)	2.3 (0.3,14.7)	0.791
Body weight (kg), median (range)	13.0 (4.5,60.0)	13.0 (5.1,57.0)	0.559
Anesthesia time (h), median (range)	0.65 (0.10,2.43)	0.68 (0.12,1.56)	0.173
Operation time (h), median (range)	0.33 (0.05,1.83)	0.37 (0.05,1.21)	0.061
Anesthesia method, n (%)			0.291
Tracheal intubation and general anesthesia	99 (65.6)	106 (69.7)
General anesthesia with caudal block	18 (11.9)	22 (14.5)
General anesthesia	22 (14.6)	19 (12.5)
General anesthesia with local anesthesia	12 (7.9)	5 (3.3)

ERAS: Enhanced recovery after surgery.

Table 2 Comparison of preoperative food and liquid fasting times, preoperative blood glucose level, postoperative complications, and degree of satisfaction between the two groups

	Conventional group (n = 151)	ERAS group (n = 152)	P value
Preoperative liquid fasting time (h), median (range)	12.00 (3.00, 20.28)	3.00 (2.00, 7.50)	< 0.001
Preoperative food fasting time (h), median (range)	13.00 (6.00, 20.28)	11.92 (4.00, 19.33)	< 0.001
Preoperative blood glucose (mmol/L), median (range)	5.1 (4.0, 7.4)	5.6 (4.2, 8.2)	< 0.001
Time to postoperative feeding (h), median (range)	6.00 (5.40, 9.20)	1.17 (0.33, 6.83)	< 0.001
Postoperative vomiting, n (%)	4 (2.6)	3 (2.0)	0.993
Postoperative fever, n (%)	7 (4.6)	6 (3.9)	0.767
Satisfaction (points)	7 (0, 10)	8 (5, 10)	< 0.001

ERAS: Enhanced recovery after surgery; SD: Standard deviation.