Learning Objectives:
After attending this session, participants will be able to:
1. Critically appraise the current evidence regarding preoperative risk of aspiration/airway complications in patients on GLP-1 agonists.
2. Summarize the current guidelines and recommendations for the preoperative optimization of patients on GLP-1 agonists.
3. Review the approach (and evidence) for assessment of gastric volumes using bedside ultrasound.
After attending this session, participants will be able to:
1. Critically appraise the current evidence regarding preoperative risk of aspiration/airway complications in patients on GLP-1 agonists.
2. Summarize the current guidelines and recommendations for the preoperative optimization of patients on GLP-1 agonists.
3. Review the approach (and evidence) for assessment of gastric volumes using bedside ultrasound.