Point-of-care ultrasound defines gastric content and changes the anesthetic management of elective surgical patients who have not followed fasting instructions: a prospective case series;L’échographie au chevet détermine le contenu gastrique et modifie la prise en charge anesthésique des patients de chirurgie non urgente qui n’ont pas respecté les consignes de jeûne: une série de cas prospective

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1188-1195

  Alakkad, Husni ^a,b   Kruisselbrink, Richelle ^a   Chin, Ki Jinn ^a   Niazi, Ahtsham U ^a   Abbas, Sherif ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Perlas, Anahi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOOD REGURGITATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CONTENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STOMACH JUICE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FASTING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943359290     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-015-0449-1     Document Type: Article

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