Research
Hormonal
Preoperative discontinuation of semaglutide for > 21 days results in RGC similar to non-semaglutide users.
Practitioners should advise patients to discontinue semaglutide well in advance of procedures to reduce RGC risk.
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Preoperative discontinuation of > 21 days... resulted in RGC similar to non-semaglutide users.
Why this rating
Based on a retrospective study with a large sample size.
Source
Effect of various perioperative semaglutide interruption intervals on residual gastric content assessed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy: A retrospective single center observational study
Leonardo Barbosa Santos et al. · Journal of Clinical Anesthesia · 2024
cohort · n=1094Cited 35×
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