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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Milwaukee/Wisconsin Delayed gastric emptying that occurs during treatment with GLP-1 agonists increases the risk of aspiration during induction of anesthesia, which can lead to life-threatening pneumonia. 5 US specialist societies overall rate this risk as low, but provide recommendations in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.10.003) to avoid the dreaded…