POGUS or just BOGUS? Gastric Ultrasound for Hungry Regionalists!
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Your patient had a latte six hours ago...is their stomach empty? BUT IS IT? Don't fret...there's a quick way to find out and in this tasty episode, Amit and Jeff digest the ins and outs of gastric point of care ultrasound (POGUS), answer some listener questions and compare finger injuries... Links discussed in this episode: Jeff's Gastric Pocus video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kc5qVMGGPU Cieslak article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32234201/ Baettig article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37587543/ History of fasting guidelines article (gastric fistula observation!): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17080690/  
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