Observational studyIntensive care medicine2014
Ultrasound assessment of gastric volume in critically ill patients.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care gastric ultrasound by emergency physicians.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Gastric Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Unexpected Gastrointestinal Dysfunction During ICU Ward Rounds: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Ultrasound Assessment of Preoperative Gastric Contents for Predicting Aspiration Risk in Surgical Patients: A Scoping Review and Future Directions.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2026Review
- Risk prediction models for enteral nutrition feeding intolerance in critically ill patients: an overview of systematic reviews.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Effect of Fasting Prior to Extubation on Prevalence of Empty Stomach in Enterally Fed and Mechanically Ventilated Patients.Respiratory care · 2024Observational
- Ten good reasons to consider gastrointestinal function after acute brain injury.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2024Review
- Gastric Insufflation with High Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy in Adult Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit: An Observational Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Gastric point-of-care ultrasonography in patients undergoing radical gastrointestinal surgery before anesthetic induction: an observational cohort study.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Observational
- Gastric-filling ultrasonography to evaluate gastric motility in patients with Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Inter-observer and intra-observer variability in ultrasound assessment of gastric content and volume in critically ill patients receiving enteral nutrition.The ultrasound journal · 2023Article
- Gastric Cross-Sectional Area to Predict Gastric Intolerance in Critically Ill Patients: The Sono-ICU Prospective Observational Bicenter Study.Critical care explorations · 2023Article
- The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography over manual aspiration for gastric reserve volume estimation in critically ill patients.Acute and critical care · 2023Article
- Machine-assisted nutritional and metabolic support.Intensive care medicine · 2022Article
- Serial Ultrasonographic-measurement of Gastric Residual Volume in Critically Ill Patients for Prediction of Gastric Tube Feed Intolerance.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022Article
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- Can Gastric Volume be Accurately Estimated by Ultrasound?Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation · 2022Article
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Assess Gastric Content in Pediatric Emergency Department Procedural Sedation Patients.Pediatric emergency care · 2022Observational
- Does ultrasonographic assessment of gastric antrum correlate with gastric residual volume in critically ill patients? A prospective observational study.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2021Observational
- Ultrasound assessment of gastric contents in emergency patients examined in the full supine position: an appropriate composite ultrasound grading scale can finally be proposed.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2020Article
- A clinical study comparing ultrasound-measured pyloric antrum cross-sectional area to computed tomography-measured gastric content volume to detect high-risk stomach in supine patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo assess the feasibility and validity of ultrasonographic measurement of gastric antral cross-sectional area (usCSA) in critically ill patients to predict gastric volume and the use of computed tomography (CT) as a reference to measure gastric volume.
methodThis single-center, prospective, cross-sectional study included 55 critically ill patients who had an abdominal CT scan. usCSA measurements were performed within the hour preceding the CT scan. Gastric volumes were measured on the CT scan using semiautomatic software. The feasibility rate, performing conditions (% "good" and "poor"), internal and external validity of antral usCSA measurements, performed by an ICU physician, were assessed to predict gastric volume.
resultsAntral usCSA measurements were feasible in 95% of cases and were positively correlated with gastric volume measured by the CT scan when performed in "good" conditions (65%) (r = 0.43). There was good reproducibility of measurements (intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.97, CI 95% 0.96-0.99) and there was clinically acceptable agreement between measurements performed by radiologists and intensivists (bias -0.12 cm(2)). The receiver operating characteristic curve identified a cutoff value of 3.6 cm(2) that discriminated an "at-risk stomach" (volume >0.8 mL/kg) at a sensitivity of 76% and a specificity of 78%.
conclusionsUltrasonographic measurement of antral CSA is feasible and reliable in the majority of critically ill patients. This technique could be useful to manage critically ill patients at risk of aspiration or with enteral feeding.
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