Interrater reliability of qualitative ultrasound assessment of gastric content in the third trimester of pregnancy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1018-1023

  Arzola, C ^a   Cubillos, J ^a,b   Perlas, A ^c   Downey, K ^a   Carvalho, J C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN IGNACIO   (Colombia)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

complications, aspiration; complications, regurgitation; equipment, ultrasound machines; gastrointestinal tract, preoperative aspiration; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRINKING; EATING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH JUICE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; COHORT STUDIES; DRINKING; EATING; FASTING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PYLORIC ANTRUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925225947     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu257     Document Type: Article

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