ASRA Pain Medicine narrative review and expert practice recommendations for gastric point-of-care ultrasound to assess aspiration risk in medically complex patients undergoing regional anesthesia and pain procedures
Methodological detailsPRISMA-adherent, iterative expert consensus, MMAT quality appraisal
- PRISMA-adherent
- Iterative expert consensus
- MMAT quality appraisal
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
- Support
Gastric point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in patients in active labor, those undergoing urgent cesarean sections, and those with diabetes
- Conditional support
Gastric POCUS for obesity, emergency care, enteral feeding, and GLP-1RA use
- Not recommended
Routine gastric POCUS in non-laboring pregnancies, elective cesarean delivery, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Original publication
ASRA Pain Medicine narrative review and expert practice recommendations for gastric point-of-care ultrasound to assess aspiration risk in medically complex patients undergoing regional anesthesia and pain procedures. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 18 April 2025. doi:10.
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