Ultrasound assessment of gastric volume in severely obese individuals: A validation study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 77-82

  Kruisselbrink, R ^a   Arzola, C ^b   Jackson, T ^a   Okrainec, A ^a   Chan, V ^a   Perlas, A ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Obesity; Respiratory aspiration of gastric contents; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRIC FLUID VOLUME; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH PARAMETERS; STOMACH SECRETION; VALIDATION STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STOMACH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85014960190     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew400     Document Type: Article

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