Erythromycin for gastric emptying in patients undergoing general anesthesia for emergency surgery a randomized clinical trial

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 730-737

  Czarnetzki, Christoph ^a   Elia, Nadia ^a,b   Frossard, Jean Louis ^a,c   Giostra, Emiliano ^a   Spahr, Laurent ^a,c   Waeber, Jean Luc ^a   Pavlovic, Gordana ^a   Lysakowski, Christopher ^a   Tramèr, Martin R ^a,c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN LACTOBIONATE; PLACEBO; ERYTHROMYCIN; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; SURGICAL PATIENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; EMERGENCY; GASTROSCOPY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS; SURGERY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCIES; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84939839710     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.0306     Document Type: Article

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