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.
2 Reasons Not to Eat or Drink Before Surgery. 1) If your surgery will be in part of your gastrointestinal system, having food in your system could complicate the surgery and lead to infection or cause the surgery to be canceled. In some cases, a bowel preparation is done, a process that completely empties your digestive tract to prepare for surgery.