Gastric POCUS Clear Liquids

MetroHealth Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastric Emptying Time

Treatments: Other: Ingesting coffee without creamer; Other: Ingesting coffee with creamer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07214909

STUDY00000214

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Coffee

Active Comparator group

Description:

Study participants ingested black coffee

Treatment:

Other: Ingesting coffee without creamer

Coffee with creamer

Experimental group

Description:

Study participants ingested coffee with creamer

Treatment:

Other: Ingesting coffee with creamer