%0 Journal Article
%T Rapid Evaluation of Gastric Content With Ultrasound: An Educational Tool.
%A Nguyen H
%A Paluska MR
%A Falcon R
%A Petersen TR
%A Soneru C
%J Cureus
%V 15
%N 11
%D 2023 Nov
%M 38024067
暂无%R 10.7759/cureus.49031
%X Pulmonary aspiration is a severe complication in patients receiving anesthesia for surgical procedures. The risk and severity of aspiration are significantly higher in the presence of substantial gastric contents. Bedside ultrasound imaging of the gastric antrum is emerging as a rapid and valuable method to evaluate gastric contents before surgery. Rapid gastric ultrasound using a three-category grading system promotes timely decision-making to help in emergent or urgent surgeries by identifying patients with potentially high gastric volumes or solid food contents. In emergent cases with limited time, a single ultrasound view of the gastric antrum is still likely to yield helpful information. In this report, we argue that bedside ultrasound offers a more reliable assessment of gastric contents than assumptions based on time-based fasting guidelines.