Pre-operative gastric ultrasound – should we look inside Schrödinger's gut?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 109-112

  Charlesworth, M ^a   Wiles, M D ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FASTING; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RISK; STOMACH; ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CHILD; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS; STOMACH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85057621216     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14516     Document Type: Article

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