hours before her start time."
What's so magical about midnight?
Nothing to eat or drink after midnight. Though the risk of death or
disability from the aspiration of stomach contents is extremely low,
healthy outpatients who are having elective procedures are still sub-
jected to the unpleasant consequences of a pre-op fast that may last
for 12 to 16 hours, depending on the actual start times of their proce-
dures.
Perhaps it's because the simple, strict instructions of a complete fast
are easy to remember and — unless you allow a sip of water the
morning of surgery to wash down designated medications — leave
nothing open to interpretation. "We tell everyone midnight, but I will
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