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Preoperative assessment of gastric contents and volume using bedside ultrasound in adult patients: A prospective, observational, correlation study

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is a serious complication of anaesthesia. The aim of this study was to determine, with the help of ultrasound, the gastric volume and content in fasted patients presenting for elective surgeries and correlate the results with fasting time...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Garima, Jacob, Rebecca, Mahankali, Subramanyam, Ravindra, MN
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6190418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30443057
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ija.IJA_147_18