Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Determining residual gastric volume in healthy children using ultrasound
Authors' conclusion
Our results show that total gastric fluid volume was < 1.5 mL·kg-1 after 60 min
Study context
- Population
- Healthy children aged 2–14 yr following ASA fasting guidelines, given 250 mL of clear fluid
- Participants
- 33 children
- Outcome
- Time to achieve gastric volume < 1.5 mL·kg-1 after clear fluid ingestion (gastric ultrasound (US), right lateral decubitus (RLD) antral cross-sectional area (CSA))
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Mean gastric volume per weight
- Baseline: mean 0.51 mL·kg-1
- 0.51 (95% CI 0.46 to 0.57)
- 30 min: mean 1.55 mL·kg-1
- 1.55 (95% CI 1.36 to 1.75)
- 60 min: mean 1.17 mL·kg-1
- 1.17 (95% CI 1.01 to 1.33)
- 90 min: mean 0.76 mL·kg-1
- 0.76 (95% CI 0.67 to 0.85)
- 120 min: mean 0.58 mL·kg-1
- 0.58 (95% CI 0.52 to 0.65)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Determining residual gastric volume in healthy children using ultrasound. Can J Anaesth. Published 29 June 2023. doi:10.
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