Lionel Bouvet, Juliette Fabre, Charlotte Roussin, Camille Nadal, Sylvain Dezavelle, Florence Vial, Agnès Le Gouez, Mickael Soued, Hawa Keita, Waed Zein, François-Pierrick Desgranges, Vincent Thuet, Mohamed Boucekine, Gary Duclos, Marc Leone, Laurent Zieleskiewicz
BACKGROUND: This multicentre prospective observational study sought to determine the prevalence and the factors associated with high-risk gastric contents in women admitted to the maternity unit for childbirth, and to identify the clinical situations in which ultrasound assessment of gastric contents would be most helpful (i.e. when the prevalence of high-risk gastric contents is close to 50%). METHODS: Ultrasound assessments of gastric contents were performed within the first hour after admission to the maternity unit...
March 2024: British Journal of Anaesthesia