Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Fatigue. Fatigue is a subjective feeling of tiredness which is distinct from weakness, and has a gradual onset. Unlike weakness, fatigue can be alleviated by periods of rest.
Surgery can be delayed, medications can be given to help reduce the acidity and volume of stomach contents, or maneuvers may be employed to protect from aspiration, for example placing a cuffed endotracheal tube into the trachea.y placing a patient on NPO status, there will be nothing to aspirate because any food would have been absorbed into the small intestines by that time of surgery 6-8 hrs later. + 23 others found this useful.
Specifically, the average wait time for orthopedic surgery reached 39.6 weeks for treatment, while patients waited an average 17.4 weeks for an appointment with a neurosurgeon. Cancer patients needing radiation experienced the shortest wait times for treatment, at about 3.5 weeks.he report also found that wait times to see a specialist increased in seven provinces between 2012 and 2013, but decreased in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The shortest wait times to see a specialist were in: 1  Ontario, at 6.7 weeks. 2  Quebec, 7.4 weeks.