An Empty Stomach or False Reassurance? Aspiration Pneumonitis Despite Prolonged Preoperative Fasting in a Low-Risk Patient.

Tommaso Foggi Viligiardi, Giulia Borsotti, Gabriele Baldini, Chiara Adembri

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tommaso Foggi ViligiardiSchool of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Florence Florence Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-5177

Giulia BorsottiAnaesthesia Unit for Head, Neck and Eye Surgery Careggi University Hospital Florence Italy.

Gabriele BaldiniDepartment of Health Sciences, Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Florence Florence Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6342-9696

Chiara AdembriDepartment of Health Sciences, Section of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Florence Florence Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-2095

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Abstract

A healthy 38 year-old male developed severe bronchospasm and aspiration pneumonitis during anesthesia induction despite 15-h preoperative fasting. Imaging revealed bilateral pulmonary consolidations and gastric distension. This case visually highlights that prolonged fasting paradoxically fails to guarantee gastric emptiness, emphasizing the need for individualized risk assessment.

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airway managementaspiration pneumonitisgastric fluid volumegastric ultrasoundpreoperative fastingprolonged fasting

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PMID42558662

DOI10.1002/ccr3.73296

PMCPMC13437945

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