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NPO is one of the abbreviations that is not used in AMA style; nothing by mouth is spelled out instead.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. 6-8 hours NPO presurgery so that you bowels will be clean, NPO post surgery because of aspiration, because you will undergo gen anaesthesia meaning you'll have no gag reflex.PO stands for Nothing Per Orem which means nothing by mouth. Doctors use this on orders when they do not want the patient to take in any type of food or liquid by mouth. For â¦ instance, when a patient is getting ready for a surgery, they are ordered for NPO. + 45 others found this useful.