Ultrasound assessment of gastric content in the obese patient: One more step for patient safety

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1017-1018

  Bouvet, Lionel ^a,b,c   Chassard, Dominique ^d  

^a LABTAU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH WALL; FEMALE; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; STOMACH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; STOMACH;

EID: 84914128693     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000403     Document Type: Editorial

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