Ultrasound dynamics of gastric content volumes after the ingestion of coconut water or a meat sandwich. A randomized controlled crossover study in healthy volunteers

Background: Adequate preoperative fasting is critical in preventing pulmonary aspiration of gastric content. We proposed to study the sonographic gastric content dynamics after the ingestion of liquid or solid food in healthy volunteers and confront it with current guidelines for preoperative fastin...

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Main Authors: Bruno Mendes Carmona, Clauber Claudino Alves Almeida, Waldônio de Brito Vieira, Mario de Nazareth Chaves Fascio, Lídia Raquel de Carvalho, Luiz Antonio Vane, Fabiano Timbó Barbosa, Paulo do Nascimento Junior, Norma Sueli Pinheiro Módolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001418300873