Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a critical skill for all regional anesthesiologists and pain
physicians to help diagnose relevant complications related to routine practice and guide …

Explain the indications and limitations of pointof-care gastric ultrasound. Describe the
acquisition and interpretation of images for qualitative and quantitative analysis of gastric …

Semaglutide is a class of long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RA)
used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity. We present a 31-year …

Allowing sips of water until call to the operating room may help reducing prolonged
preoperative fasting and improving patient comfort while keeping a flexibility in operating …

Background Gastroparesis is a severe diabetes complication characterized by delayed
gastric emptying. We examined patients with symptoms of diabetic gastroparesis using …

Background We aimed to develop a nomogram that can be combined with point-of-care
gastric ultrasound and utilised to predict postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in adult …

Background Aspiration pneumonitis remains a dreaded complication that may lead to almost
9% of anaesthesia-related deaths. The presence of gastric contents has always been a …

Background Pulmonary aspiration is a major complication in anesthesia, and various
studies have shown that gastric sonography can reliably provide valuable information …

This article in our point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) series is dedicated to the role the
focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam plays for the regional …

In an article in this month's issue of the Journal, Wang et al. report on their use of gastric
ultrasound to answer some interesting questions that add to our knowledge of aspiration …