Urgent Bite 153 - Nil by Mouth, and Drinking Tea

It benefits our patients to remember to advise on whether they should remain nil by mouth on acute referral to hospital.  

And conversely, a cup of tea can have beneficial treatment effects.

 

Check out the paper on tea.

Inoue-Choi M et al.  Tea consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the UK Biobank.  Annals of Internal Medicine.  September 2022, Vol 175, Issue 9, pages 1201-1211

https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-0041

 

Check out the paper on fasting for surgery.

El-Sharkaway A et al. Fasting and Surgery Time (FaST) Audit.  Clin Nutr. 2021 Mar;40(3):1405-1412.  

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32933783/

 

 

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