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Assessment of residual gastric volume using point-of-care ultrasonography in adult patients who underwent elective surgery

BACKGROUND: Aspiration pneumonitis remains a dreaded complication that may lead to almost 9% of anaesthesia-related deaths. The presence of gastric contents has always been a contributing factor to an increased risk of aspiration. Preoperative gastric ultrasound has been suggested as a modality for...

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Autores principales: Chaitra, T.S., Palta, Sanjeev, Saroa, Richa, Jindal, Swati, Jain, Aditi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36752856
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-023-00307-8