Gastric POCUS Clear Liquids

MetroHealth Medical Center70 enrolled

Overview

To determine the gastric emptying time for clear liquids at different volumes in the adult population, for use in determining anesthesia guidelines.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Gastric Emptying Time

Interventions

Ingesting coffee without creamerOTHER

Ingesting coffee without creamer and evaluating gastric emptying with gastric ultrasound at different time points.

Ingesting coffee with creamerOTHER

Ingesting coffee with creamer and evaluating gastric emptying with gastric ultrasound at different time points.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-65 * Able to provide informed consent and verbally disclose their medical history in English. The study staff will not be accessing the subjects electronic medical record to verify the criteria. Exclusion Criteria: * Daily medications excluding oral contraceptives * Medical conditions affecting gastric emptying, including diabetes, known gastric condition, prior gastric surgery, or pregnancy * Inability to tolerate 7 hours of fasting * Non-empty gastric antrum on baseline ultrasound

Locations (1)

MetroHealthMC

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Gastric emptying times of liquids at set volumes.

Time frame: Study participants have a baseline ultrasound to confirm if stomach was empty and then have scans every hour after ingesting coffee until stomach was empty (Grade 0) or 4 hours maximum, whichever occurs first.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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