Pulmonary aspiration of gastric content is a serious anaesthetic complication that can lead to
significant morbidity and mortality. Aspiration risk assessment is usually based on fasting …

This narrative review summarizes the current knowledge on point-of-care ultrasound
(POCUS) of gastric contents in order to inform an assessment of aspiration risk and guide …

METHODS: Patients undergoing elective UGE were randomized to ingest one of 6
predetermined volumes of apple juice after an 8-hour fasting period. A cross-sectional area …

Background. Perioperative aspiration leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Point-of-
care gastric ultrasound is an emerging tool to assess gastric content at the bedside …

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is associated with significant
perioperative morbidity and mortality. Previous studies have investigated the validity …

Early enteral nutrition (EN) is consistently recommended as first‐line nutrition therapy in
critically ill patients since it favorably alters outcome, providing both nutrition and …

Background: The perioperative surgical home model highlights the need for trainees to
include modalities that are focused on the entire perioperative experience. The focus of this …

Résumé Objectif L'utilisation de l'echographie au chevet du patient pour evaluer le volume
et le contenu gastrique suscitent un intereˆt croissant. Certains auteurs ont suggere que …

Gastric ultrasound (GUS) is an emerging point-of-care diagnostic tool to examine stomach
contents and determine pulmonary aspiration risk at the bedside. 1–7 This type of …

Materials and Methods After obtaining Research Ethics Board approval from the University
Health Network,(Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and informed consent, we conducted this …