Do popular Weight-Loss drugs make surgery riskier? new study checks stomachs

NCT ID NCT06003985

Summary

This study used a bedside ultrasound to look at patients' stomachs right before surgery. Researchers wanted to see if people taking popular weekly GLP-1 weight-loss or diabetes drugs (like Ozempic or Mounjaro) were more likely to have food or liquid still in their stomachs, even after following standard pre-surgery fasting rules. This is important because having a full stomach during anesthesia can increase the risk of vomiting and serious lung complications. The study compared 354 patients taking these drugs to patients who were not.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Albany Medical Center

    Albany, New York, 12208, United States

  • George Washington University Hospital

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20037, United States

  • Hospital for Special Surgery

    New York, New York, 10021, United States

  • Mayo Clinic

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • University Health Network

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

  • University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medicine

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

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