Key result
Gastric point-of-care ultrasound provides the ability to directly measure an individual patient's gastric content, with current and potential applications in general anesthesia and emergency medicine.
Why the study?
Gastric ultrasound is a growing POCUS modality that can directly measure gastric content, with potential utility as a clinical and research tool.
Gastric ultrasound is a growing POCUS modality with potential clinical and research applications in general anesthesia and the emergency department.
Gastric US via POCUS may inform aspiration risk assessment; leaves open standardized pediatric emergency protocols pending prospective validation.
Gastric ultrasound (US) is a growing modality within the point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) field. It provides the ability to directly measure an individual patient's gastric content and has potential use as both a clinical and a research tool. Here, we review the historical development of current gastric US models and their clinical application within the field of general anesthesia, describe the US findings and technique for using POCUS to assess gastric content, and discuss the current and potential applications of gastric POCUS within the emergency department.
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Moake et al. (2019) conducted a review in Gastric content assessment. Gastric point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was evaluated. Gastric point-of-care ultrasound provides the ability to directly measure an individual patient's gastric content, with current and potential applications in general anesthesia and emergency medicine.
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