Preoperative gastric volume assessment using ultrasound in cerebral palsy pediatric patients: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although cerebral palsy is a risk factor for aspiration, there is insufficient research on residual gastric volume after preoperative fasting in children with cerebral palsy. We evaluated the incidence of a full stomach by ultrasound assessment of the gastric volume in children with cerebral palsy who underwent orthopedic surgery after preoperative fasting.

Methods

The patients fasted for 8 h for solid foods and 2 h for clear liquids. We obtained the gastric antral cross-sectional area using ultrasound in the semi-recumbent and right lateral decubitus positions. A calculated stomach volume > 1.5 mL.kg^-1 was considered as full, which poses a high aspiration risk. The primary outcome was the incidence of full stomach, and the secondary outcomes were the q

SUBMITTER: Han J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11345385 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature