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Anesth Analg 2001;93:1621-1622
© 2001 International Anesthesia Research Society

GENERAL ARTICLE

Gastric Residue is Not More Copious in Obese Patients

Philippe Juvin, MD, Guillaume Fèvre, MD, Mohamed Merouche, MD, Thierry Vallot, MD, and Jean-Marie Desmonts, MD

Département d’Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46 Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Philippe Juvin, MD, Département d’Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46 Rue Huchard, 75018 Paris, France. Address e-mail to pjuvin{at}free.fr

Previous studies have shown that obese patients have a larger volume of gastric content than lean patients do. However, methodological limitations call into question the validity of these findings. We have reexamined this issue and found identical gastric content volumes in fasting obese and lean subjects after an 8-h fast.




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