Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Preoperative clear fluid fasting and endoscopy‐measured gastric fluid volume in children
Authors' conclusion
In children undergoing gastroscopy, we could not demonstrate any association between clear fluid fasting time and the child's residual gastric fluid volume per kg body weight.
Study context
- Population
- Anaesthetised children aged 1–18 years undergoing elective gastroscopy, university-affiliated tertiary care centre253 gastroscopies
- Participants
- 245 children
- Outcome
- Correlation between clear fluid fasting time and residual gastric fluid volume per kg body weight (endoscopic aspiration)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Mean residual gastric volume 12 mL (0-90), SD 13.5
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Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Gastric fluid pH
- Mean pH 1.5, SD 0.9
- Correlation of clear fluid fasting time with pH: r = −.07, p = .3 (not significant)
Original publication
Preoperative clear fluid fasting and endoscopy‐measured gastric fluid volume in children. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 22 March 2023. doi:10.
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