Gastric ultrasound
Point-of-care ultrasound of stomach contents before anaesthesia.
Key point
Preanesthetic gastric ultrasound provides a practical bedside method for assessing gastric content and estimating aspiration risk in patients undergoing anesthesia.
From: Korean consensus-based recommendations for preanesthetic gastric ultrasound and anesthetic considerations for GLP-1 receptor agonist-based therapy: a consensus statement from Clinical Practice Guideline Committee of the Korean Society of Anesthesiologists (Korean J Anesthesiol, 2026 Jul 30) ↗Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 8, 23, 28, 14, 43.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Korean consensus-based recommendations for preanesthetic gastric ultrasound and anesthetic considerations for GLP-1 receptor agonist-based therapy: a consensus statement from Clinical Practice Guideline Committee of the Korean Society of AnesthesiologistsKorean J Anesthesiol2026 Oct
- [International multidisciplinary consensus statement on perioperative fasting in adults]Ophthalmologie2026 Oct
- [International multidisciplinary consensus statement on perioperative fasting in adults]Urologie2026 Sep 23
- [International multidisciplinary consensus statement on perioperative fasting in adults]Anaesthesiologie2026 Aug
- Peri-operative fasting in adults: an international, multidisciplinary consensus statementAnaesthesia2026 Jun
All papers from the last 12 months
106 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- Development and validation of a rapid 15-minute gastric ultrasound protocol for suspected gastroparesis: a prospective diagnostic accuracy studyAnn Med2026 DecPMID 42622302
- Nurses' learning curves for ultrasound assessment of gastric content: A prospective cohort studyInt J Nurs Stud Adv2026 DecPMID 42327537
- Standardising gastric ultrasound planes in patients receiving glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistsAnaesthesia2026 NovPMID 42604762
- Navigating Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Balancing Safety, Compliance, and Treatment Consistency: A Case ReportJ ECT2026 Oct 8PMID 42844676
- Clinical applications of gastric point-of-care ultrasound in adult emergency and critical care: a scoping reviewCJEM2026 Oct 5PMID 42832132
- EDUCATING ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS ON GASTRIC ULTRASOUND TO REDUCE PERIOPERATIVE ASPIRATION RISKAANA J2026 Oct 1PMID 42878832
- Korean consensus-based recommendations for preanesthetic gastric ultrasound and anesthetic considerations for GLP-1 receptor agonist-based therapy: a consensus statement from Clinical Practice Guideline Committee of the Korean Society of AnesthesiologistsKorean J Anesthesiol2026 OctPMID 42529794Review
- [International multidisciplinary consensus statement on perioperative fasting in adults]Ophthalmologie2026 OctPMID 42467104
- Pre-operative gastric volume measurement and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistsAnaesthesia2026 OctPMID 42429195
- Gastric Ultrasound Utility in Predicting Stomach Contents in Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal BleedingJ Intensive Care Med2026 OctPMID 41697802
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How these numbers are counted
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"gastric ultrasound"[tiab]Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.