U.S., Jan. 14 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07335172) titled 'Gastric Ultrasound Before Elective Cesarean Section' on Jan. 05.
Brief Summary: Due to the physiologically delayed gastric emptying in pregnant women, the potential risk of aspiration before cesarean delivery constitutes an important source of perioperative complications, and when it occurs, it is associated with increased maternal morbidity and/or mortality. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses have demonstrated that, compared with non-pregnant women, gastric emptying is delayed particularly during the first trimester of pregnancy, and that gastric emptying does not occur in cases who have consumed solid food within the last 8 hour...