ULTRASOUND ASSESSMENT OF GASTRİC VOLUME IN PREGNANT WOMEN UNDERGOİNG ELECTİVE CESAREAN SECTİON, WITH AND WITHOUT GESTATİONAL DIABETES MELLITUS

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO COMPARE GASTRIC VOLUME PRIOR TO ELECTIVE CESAREAN SECTION BETWEEN PREGNANT WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS (GDM) AND THOSE WITHOUT GDM. THE SECONDARY OBJECTIVES ARE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF GDM ON PREOPERATIVE RESIDUAL GASTRIC VOLUME AND TO OBTAIN DATA THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO CLINICAL ANESTHESIA PRACTICES REGARDING THE RISK OF ASPIRATION. THIS STUDY AIMS TO OBTAIN OBJECTIVE ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DATA REGARDING THE ADEQUACY OF STANDARD FASTING PERIODS IN PREGNANT WOMEN, PARTICULARLY IN THE PRESENCE OF GDM.