Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion
Inter-observer reliability of gastric ultrasound and level of agreement with clinical evaluation in adult patients requiring emergency surgery.
J C Villalba, J M Quintero, C E Melo, D F Reyes, J P Tovar, A Perlas
Published: 202610.1016/j.redare.2026.501994
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is a major perioperative complication with a mortality rate of 75% and severe morbidity of 14%. The risk increases in emergency surgeries and gastric ultrasound may be useful to establish gastric…
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