GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Anaesthesia: Aspiration Risk in a UK Multicentre Study

Podcast: TopMedTalk · TopMedTalk

Opublikowano: 2026-10-08

Recorded in Prato, Italy at the 8th Collaborative Clinical Trials in Anesthesiology meeting. Desiree Chappell and guest co-host Mark Priestley interview Professor Karim El-Boghdadly, Consultant Anaesthetist and Clinical Lead for Theatres, Anaesthesia, and Peri-operative Medicine at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, as well as an Honorary Reader at King's College London about the perioperative implications of GLP-1 receptor agonists. El-Boghdadly explains expanding GLP-1 use, delayed gastric emptying, and why early "hold for a week" guidance may be impractical. He describes a UK trainee research network observational study across ~130 hospitals collecting ~47,000 cases, including ~1,300 GLP-1...