Surgical patients may still have leftovers in their system even after a standard fast, potentially increasing the chance of a ...

Recently published article aimed to assess the effect of pregnancy on gastric emptying and its clinical implications, ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) such as semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) may ...

1). Animals must be heavily sedated or under a brief general anesthesia for a bone marrow aspiration procedure. A local anesthetic can be applied to the region immediately before aspiration.

As a result of the delay in stomach emptying, food can remain in the stomach even if a patient fasted the night before ...

We report a new surgical procedure to treat intractable aspiration: closure of the larynx, using double hinged flaps of the vocal folds and false vocal folds. The anterosuperior portion of the ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA ... the morbidity and mortality that accompanies inappropriate surgical interventions in patients with advanced cancer.

PHILADELPHIA -- Chest x-rays did not support the existence of an aspiration risk for surgical candidates using GLP-1 receptor ...