Open AccessEffectiveness of standard fasting guidelines as assessed by gastric ultrasound examination: A clinical audit
Author(s) -
Sadhvi Sharma,
Alka Sachin Deo,
Padmalatha Raman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_54_18
Subject(s) - medicine , gerd , diabetes mellitus , body mass index , reflux , risk factor , gastroenterology , disease , endocrinology
An audit was conducted between July 2017 and November 2017 to assess the adequacy of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) fasting guidelines on 246 patients by means of gastric ultrasonography (USG). The relevance of this audit is that many of our patients have one or more risk factors for aspiration such as diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease (CKD), gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and obesity.