Prospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2014; 20(37): 13591-13598
Published online Oct 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i37.13591
Gastric emptying evaluation by ultrasound prior colonoscopy: An easy tool following bowel preparation
Romain Coriat, Vanessa Polin, Ammar Oudjit, Franck Henri, Marion Dhooge, Sarah Leblanc, Chantal Delchambre, Anouk Esch, Tessa Tabouret, Maximilien Barret, Frédéric Prat, Stanislas Chaussade
Romain Coriat, Vanessa Polin, Marion Dhooge, Sarah Leblanc, Anouk Esch, Tessa Tabouret, Maximilien Barret, Frédéric Prat, Stanislas Chaussade, Gastroenterology unit and endoscopy unit, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75014 Paris, France
Ammar Oudjit, Radiology Department, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75014 Paris, France
Franck Henri, Chantal Delchambre, Laboratoires Mayoly Spindler, 78401 Chatou Cedex, France
Author contributions: Coriat R, Polin V, Henri F and Chaussade S designed research; Coriat R, Polin V, Henri F, Dhooge M, Leblanc S, Delchambre C, Esch A, Tabouret T, Barret M, Prat F and Chaussade S performed research; Coriat R and Polin V contributed analytic tools; Polin V, Coriat R, Oudjit A and Chaussade S analyzed data; and Coriat R, Polin V, Oudjit A Henri F and Chaussade S wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Romain Coriat, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology unit and endoscopy unit, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Pavillon Achard, 27 rue du faubourg St Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. romain.coriat@cch.aphp.fr
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Received: February 13, 2014
Revised: March 23, 2014
Accepted: May 29, 2014
Published online: October 7, 2014
Core Tip

Core tip: Gastric emptying have never been evaluate prior colonoscopy. An evaluation by ultrasound prior colonoscopy appeared has an easy tool to identify complete gastric emptying and will allow anesthesiologist to perform sedation.