Open AccessGastric Sonography in the Fasted Surgical Patient
Author(s) -
Anahi Perlas,
Liisa Davis,
Masood A. Khan,
Nicholas Mitsakakis,
V Chan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e31821b98c0
Subject(s) - medicine , antrum , supine position , stomach , gastric emptying , grading (engineering) , pulmonary aspiration , complication , prospective cohort study , gastric antrum , surgery , gastroenterology , civil engineering , engineering
Aspiration pneumonia remains a serious anesthetic-related complication. A reliable diagnostic tool to assess gastric volume is currently lacking. We recently demonstrated that gastric sonography can provide reliable qualitative and quantitative information about gastric content and volume in healthy volunteers. In the current study, we performed a prospective qualitative and quantitative analysis of the gastric antrum in 200 fasted patients undergoing elective surgery.