Estimation of Preoperative Gastric Volume Using Ultrasound

Seoul National University Hospital200 enrolled

Overview

Aspiration of gastric contents can be a serious anesthetic related complication. Gastric antral sonography prior to anesthesia may have a role in identifying pediatric patients at risk of aspiration. The investigator examined the relationship between sonographic antral area and endoscopically suctioned gastric volumes infants.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Fasting

Interventions

GUSDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

gastric volume estimation using gastric ultrasound was performed immediately after anesthetic induction, and after aspirating the residual gastric contents using nasogastric tube

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 1 Year

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Infants undergoing general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation were included in this study Exclusion Criteria: * a recent (≤1 month) history of oesophageal or gastric surgery, gastrostomy or ileostomy, diaphragmatic hernia, emergent surgery, or a prolonged duration (\>5 min) between completion of US assessment and suctioning of gastric contents

Locations (1)

Jin-Tae Kim

Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

gastric antral cross sectional area

ultrasound assessment of gastric antral cross sectional area

Time frame: immediate after anesthetic induction within 1 minutes.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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