Could a single standardized ultrasonographic measurement of antral area be of interest for assessing gastric contents? A preliminary report

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1015-1019

  Bouvet, Lionel ^a,b   Miquel, Anne ^b   Chassard, Dominique ^a,c   Boselli, Emmanuel ^a,d   Allaouchiche, Bernard ^a,d   Benhamou, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antral area; Gastric contents; Preliminary study; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH CONTENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH JUICE; TIME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYLORIC ANTRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77449116167     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833161fd     Document Type: Article

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