The use of antacids as a prophylaxis against Mendelson's syndrome in the United Kingdom. A survey

Anaesthesia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 419-422

  Sweeney, B ^a   Wright, I ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Gastrointestinal tract; obstetric; pH; stomach

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ATROPINE; CIMETIDINE; CITRATE SODIUM; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; RANITIDINE;

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; FATALITY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; THERAPY;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANTACIDS; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0022637608     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb13231.x     Document Type: Article

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