The correlation between patient satiety sensation and total gastric fluid volume: a prospective observational study.

Purpose: Surgical patients are asked to adhere to preoperative fasting guidelines to minimize gastric contents. Large fluid volumes or solid content can still be present as shown with gastric ultrasound. It has been suggested that additional rating of patients' satiety, measured as the feeling of hunger and thirst, could help clinicians to better judge emptying of the stomach.

Spinal anesthesia in a patient on monoclonal antibody treatment: a poisoned chalice? A case report.

Background: Paraplegia is a rare complication of spinal anesthesia.

Case Presentation: We report a case of a 68-year-old man who developed postoperative paraplegia and hypoesthesia after spinal anesthesia for an otherwise uncomplicated transurethral resection of the prostate. Acute transverse myelitis was diagnosed based on urgent MRI.