When gastric point-of-care ultrasound changes management: a research letter
Authors' conclusion
No study clearly linked management change to patient-centered outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- Gastric point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) studies from the study-level extraction of a published ASRA Pain Medicine narrative review
- Participants
- 65 studies
- Comparison
- Clinical POCUS/decision-impact vs Foundational/validation vs Population/intervention
- Clinical POCUS/decision-impactn = 2
- Foundational/validationn = 9
- Population/interventionn = 54
- Primary endpoint
- How often gastric POCUS studies evaluated or reported changes in management
Methodological detailsresearch letter, focused secondary analysis, study-level extraction
- Research letter
- Focused secondary analysis
- Study-level extraction
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Management change
Clinical POCUS/decision-impact
5.0% and 18.9%
- Management-change status reported or extractable (studies)
- 8
- Management change prespecified (studies)
- 3
- All 8 reported ≥1 actual management change; rate range
- 0.4% to 46%
Further findings
Link to patient-centred outcomes
- No study clearly linked management change to patient-centered outcomes
Original publication
When gastric point-of-care ultrasound changes management: a research letter. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 4 September 2026. doi:10.
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