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Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Assess Gastric Content in Pediatric Emergency Department Procedural Sedation Patients.
Abstract
There is debate regarding the timing of procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) in relation to fasting status. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) provides the ability to measure gastric content and is being used as a surrogate for aspiration risk in anesthesia. We sought to evaluate the gastric content of pediatric emergency department (PED) patients undergoing PSA using POCUS.