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Impact of fasting on the gastric volume of critically ill patients before extubation: a prospective observational study using gastric ultrasound

BACKGROUND: A period of fasting before tracheal extubation of ventilated patients in the ICU is common practice, aiming to reduce gastric volume and aspiration risk. As the volume of gastric content is unknown at the time of extubation, the efficacy of this practice is uncertain. METHODS: A prospect...

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Autores principales: O'Donoghue, Stephen D., Pincus, Jason M., Pang, George K.F., Roach, Rebecca E., Anstey, Chris M., Perlas, Anahi, Van Zundert, André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10430804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37588578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjao.2022.100023