Anesthesiology
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Anesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Preanesthetic cimetidine and metoclopramide for acid aspiration prophylaxis in elective surgery.
The effect of preanesthetic cimetidine and metoclopramide on gastric contents in inpatients undergoing elective surgery was studied. One hundred and fifty patients were allocated randomly into six groups with 25 patients in each group. Patients in Group 1 served as control. ⋯ Cimetidine and metoclopramide favorably modified the risk factors in all the experimental groups. This study demonstrated that the three groups receiving cimetidine in the morning (Groups 3, 5, and 6) had significantly greater mean gastric pH than the other groups. Gastric volumes were significantly less in all experimental groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)