“…Out of a total of 149046 sedation procedures evaluated for the incidence of aspiration,[ 262 263 264 265 266 ] only one study reported aspiration events (10 instances) (LOE – Low),[ 262 ] while other four studies found no instances of aspiration in any of the children despite many children not meeting the standard fasting criteria prior to procedural sedation (LOE – Low). [ 263 264 265 266 ] Overall, 30,306 children did not meet standard fasting criteria out of 148935 known cases of fasting duration (LOE – Low). [ 262 263 264 265 266 ] A survey among Canadian paediatric emergency departments reported that only 53% physicians follow standard fasting guidelines for children undergoing procedural sedation.…”