Ultrasound Assessment of Metoclopramide Effect on Gastric Volume in Cesarean Section
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2020-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
the risk of aspiration pneumonitis during cesarean sections has significantly decreased.
Nevertheless, precaution against gastric aspiration is still vital in patients in whom
regional anesthesia contraindicated or in whom general anesthesia has to be administered (for
example; during emergency cesarean delivery). The administration of intravenous anesthetics
reduces the level of consciousness of a patient that compromises the protective reflexes of
the upper airways. Moreover, a high level of sedation also reduces the tone of the LES (lower
oesophageal sphincter). Both these situations predispose the risk of aspiration pneumonia in
patients awaiting surgical interventions in supine position under general anesthesia