Nausea and vomiting are common and unpleasant symptoms for pregnant women during cesarean section, which can lead to aspiration, a serious complication that can cause pneumonia. Our study aimed to evaluate the effects of oral multi-vitamin carbohydrate beverage on maternal intraoperative nausea and vomiting by gastric ultrasound.
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Gastric antrum area
Timeframe: one hour after eating, two hours after eating, and before entering operating room