Administering oral contrast less than two hours before sedation/anesthesia is often needed for computed tomography (CT) studies of the abdomen in children, but violates the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) nothing-by-mouth guidelines and may increase the risk of aspiration pneumonia.<b> </b>ASA guidelines are based on gastric aspiration.<b> </b>Oral contrast is best administered 1 hour prior to imaging for optimal abdominal CT evaluation. The aim of our study was to measure residual gastric fluid volume (RGV) by CT and with manual aspiration in subjects undergoing general anesthesia (GA) less than 2 hours after oral contrast. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020

Authors: Afonya Boma, Kandil Ali, Mahmoud Mohamed, Das Bobby, Fleck Robert

Keywords: Anesthesia, Enteric Contrast, Safety