Ultrasound assessment of gastric content and volume

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-22

  Van De Putte, P ^a   Perlas, A ^b,c  

^a AZ Monica   (Belgium)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

antrum; gastric content; pulmonary aspiration; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC VOLUME; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PARAMETERS; STOMACH SECRETION; STOMACH WALL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTRUM; GASTRIC CONTENT; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH;

EID: 84904015355     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu151     Document Type: Review

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