H2-receptor antagonists (H2RA) and proton pump inhibitors (PPI) are widely used for
aspiration prophylaxis in patients receiving general anaesthesia. Many randomized trials …

Aspiration of oropharyngeal and gastric contents during surgery, although infrequent, is a
recognized complication of general anesthesia that carries significant risk for serious …

Acid aspiration during induction of anaesthesia resulting in pneumonia is rare, with an
incidence of about three per 10 000 general anaesthetics. 1 2 However, this complication …

Aspiration of acid into the lungs is an infrequent but potentially devastating complication of
general anaesthesia. Routine practice often includes use of pharmacological agents to …

BACKGROUND:: The risk of acid aspiration is still a major concern in pregnant patients. In
view of the increasing numbers of drugs available to decrease gastric acid production, it …

Ever since the formative work of Curtis Mendelson1 in peripartum women, the need for
preoperative fasting has been propagated to help to minimize the risk of pulmonary …

We have compared famotidine 40 mg, ranitidine 300 mg and placebo given in a single oral
dose at 2200 hours as the sole means of prophylaxis in 286 patients who underwent …

Gastric pH and volume were measured in four groups of 15 patients scheduled for elective
surgery. The patients were randomly allocated to receive either no antacid, oral omeprazole …

BACKGROUND: Various interventions are used as prophylaxis for aspiration pneumonitis in
obstetric anaesthesia. This review, based on a Cochrane systematic review currently being …

In order to evaluate the efficacy of a single oral dose of ranitidine 150 mg and the optimum
time for its administration, we studied pH and volume measurements in 138 surgical …