Gastric ultrasound as a preoperative bedside test for residual gastric contents volume in children

ConclusionCSA correlated with GCVw in healthy children over a wide range of gastric filling, with the RLD position clearly superior to the SUBE position, confirming a previously derived formula. Although direct calculation of GCVw is imprecise, this technique has the potential to become a diagnostic risk assessment test.

Source: Pediatric Anesthesia - August 20, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Achim Schmitz, Alexander R. Schmidt, Philipp K. Buehler, Thomas Schraner, Melanie Fr ühauf, Markus Weiss, Richard Klaghofer, Christian J. Kellenberger Tags: Research Report Source Type: research