Fasting and surgical performance: potential source of harm?

Human factors contribute to patient harm, and many different causes align to result in medical error.1 Harm to patients can be prevented in up to 25% of hospital admissions, and in the USA it is estimated that over 400000 deaths/year could be avoided, placing preventable harm in the top three causes of death.2,3

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