Ultrasound assessment of gastric content in the immediate postpartum period: a prospective observational descriptive study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 730-739

  Vial, F ^a   Hime, N ^a   Feugeas, J ^a   Thilly, N ^b   Guerci, P ^a,b,c   Bouaziz, H ^a  

^a Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN INTENSITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STOMACH CONTENT; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VOMITING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRANCE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STOMACH JUICE; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85021361825     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12930     Document Type: Article

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