Health Condition 1: 4- Measurement and Monitoring
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Dr Sunil N Bodamwad
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged between 18 and 80 years posted for elective surgery who will be fasted for more than 6 hours for solids and more than 2 hours for clear fluids but not more than 16 hours will be identified in the ward. 2. Such patients giving consent for performing preoperative gastric ultrasound will be included in our study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Pregnant women. 2.Patients with unreliable or unclear fasting history (e.g. language barrier, cognitive dysfunction, altered sensorium) 3.Patients with oesophageal or stomach pathology like achalasia cardia, hiatus hernia, CA oesophagus, CA stomach. 4.Patients who have undergone gastrectomy, gastric bypass surgery. 5.Patients who are unable to turn or lie down in lateral position. 6.Patients on drugs such as prokinetics which alter gastric motility or gastric emptying times.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To preoperatively examine the gastric contents and volume in fasting patients prior to elective surgery by determining the cross sectional area(CSA) of antrum by using bedside ultrasound. 2. To determine the correlation between hours of preoperative fasting and gastric contents and volume. Timepoint: 2 Years | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not ApplicableTimepoint: Not Applicable | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Shweta Mhamrey
LTMMC and LTMGH, Sion
Outcome results
None listed