Effect of preoperative oral erythromycin, erythromycin-ranitidine, and ranitidine-metoclopramide on gastric fluid pH and volume

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-34

  Bala, Indu ^a   Prasad, Krishna ^a   Bhukal, Ishwar ^a   Nakra, Dhiraj ^a   Pratap, Monica ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Complications; Erythromycin; Gastric secretion; Gastrointestinal tract; Metoclopramide; Pharmacology; Ranitidine

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN PLUS RANITIDINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METOCLOPRAMIDE PLUS RANITIDINE; PLACEBO; RANITIDINE; THIOPENTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VECURONIUM;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC SUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH PH; STOMACH SECRETION; STOMACH TUBE; TABLET FORMULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIEMETICS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANITIDINE;

EID: 40749132953     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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