Erythromycin for Gastric Emptying in Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia for Emergency Surgery | Zendy

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Erythromycin for Gastric Emptying in Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia for Emergency Surgery

Author(s) -

Christoph Czarnetzki,

Nadia Elia,

JeanLouis Frossard,

Emiliano Giostra,

Laurent Spahr,

Jean-Luc Waeber,

Gordána Pavlović,

Christopher Lysakowski,

Martin R. Tramèr

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

jama surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 2168-6262

pISSN - 2168-6254

DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.0306

Subject(s) - medicine , gastric emptying , anesthesia , erythromycin , placebo , odds ratio , randomized controlled trial , population , tracheal intubation , intubation , randomization , surgery , stomach , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics

Patients undergoing emergency procedures under general anesthesia have impaired gastric emptying and are at high risk for aspiration of gastric contents. Erythromycin has strong gastric prokinetic properties.

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