In the English law of tort, professional negligence is a subset of the general rules on negligence to cover the situation in which the defendant has represented him or herself as having more than average skills and abilities.
For decades, anesthesiologists advised patients not to eat or drink after midnight the night before surgeryâa guideline referred to as âNPO after midnight.â But many doctors now believe that some food and drinks, like tea or coffee without milk or cream, may be acceptable prior to a procedure.
Is it really necessary to prevent patients from drinking water for many hours before surgery? A. The well-known rule that a preoperative patient should have ânothing by mouth after midnightâ was not based on scientific evidence, and many medical organizations now have more flexible guidelines.