Pulmonary aspiration of gastric content is a serious anaesthetic complication that can lead to
significant morbidity and mortality. Aspiration risk assessment is usually based on fasting …

Needle visualization is important for safe and successful ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve
block. However, accurate and consistent visualization of the needle tip can be difficult to …

Objectives: The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine charged an
expert panel to examine the evidence basis for ultrasound guidance as a nerve localization …

Ultrasound guidance improves success rate of axillary brachial plexus block Page 1 176
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA CAN J ANESTH 54: 3 www.cja-jca.org March …

Postoperative pain after bariatric surgery can be significant and yet difficult to manage.
These patients frequently have associated obstructive sleep apnea and are at risk of …

Background Aspiration of gastric contents can be a serious perioperative complication,
attributing up to 9% of all anesthesia-related deaths. However, there is currently no practical …

IMPLICATIONS: Real-time ultrasound imaging during supraclavicular brachial plexus blocks
can facilitate nerve localization and needle placement and examine the pattern of local …

Fascia iliaca block or femoral nerve block is used frequently in hip fracture patients because
of their opioid-sparing effects and reduction in opioid-related adverse effects. A recent …

METHODS: Patients undergoing elective UGE were randomized to ingest one of 6
predetermined volumes of apple juice after an 8-hour fasting period. A cross-sectional area …

BACKGROUND: Aspiration pneumonia remains a serious anesthetic-related complication. A
reliable diagnostic tool to assess gastric volume is currently lacking. We recently …