Estimation of Preoperative Gastric Volume Using Ultrasound (GUS)

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fasting

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: GUS

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03155776

H 1703-183-843

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 1 year old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

GUS_infants

Description:

Infants patient undergoing general anesthesia for abdominal surgery

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: GUS