Intravenous etythromycin promotes gastric emptying prior to emergency anesthesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 703-705

  Kopp, Vincent J ^a   Mayer, David C ^b   Shaheen, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Airway mangement; Emergency anesthesia; Entravenous erythromycin; Gastric emptying; Pulmonary aspiration

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN LACTOBIONATE; ISOFLURANE; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; DUODENOSCOPY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; ANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; EMERGENCIES; ERYTHROMYCIN; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE;

EID: 0030610663     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199709000-00037     Document Type: Article

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