None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aims to demonstrate that 400 mls of a preop carbohydrate drink is fully cleared from the stomach 2hours after consumption in pregnant patients fasting for a caesarean section. All elective patients are subject to standard fasting guidelines-6h for food and 2h for clear liquid. In an effort to minimise physiological disruption to patients a carbohydrate drink (as opposed to water) has been given to patients fasting for operations. There is minimal data to in the heavily pregnant patient to demonstrate that a carbohydrate drink is cleared from the stomach.
Interventions
In our institution patients fasting for an elective Caesarean section routinely receive a perop carbohydrate drink-as is common in many institutions. We propose to measure the gastric contents of patients who have received a carbohydrate drink by conducting a brief (typically <3mins) bedside conducted by a registered radiographer ultrasound study of their stomach. This will occur 2 hours post consumption of the carbohydrate drink This is painless, free of harm and brief.
Sponsors
Redland hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Capacity to consent and informed consent given. Females undergoing elective Caesarean section at Redlands Hospital First Patient on elective Caesarean Section List. Will have consumed 400mls of preop carbohydrate drink at 6am. Will undergo ultrasonographic scanning at a time from 8.00 and 8.30 am.
Exclusion criteria
Refusal to consent Prior oesophageal of gastric surgery Has vomited or failed to consume the prescribed preop drink.
Outcome results
None listed