Does adding milk to tea delay gastric emptying?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-71

  Hillyard, S ^a,b   Cowman, S ^b   Ramasundaram, R ^b   Seed, P T ^c   O'Sullivan, G ^b  

^a Rockingham General Hospital   (Australia)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gastric emptying; paracetamol; preoperative care; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; ECHOGRAPH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH EMPTYING; TEA; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84890511256     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet261     Document Type: Article

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