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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 37, 650-655, Copyright © 1990 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Gastric fluid volume and pH in elective surgical patients: triple prophylaxis is not superior to ranitidine alone

JR Maltby, RH Elliott, I Warnell, M Fairbrass, LR Sutherland and EA Shaffer
Department of Anaesthesia, Foothills Hospital, University of Calgary, Alberta.

The effect of oral ranitidine alone was compared with sequentially administered ranitidine, metoclopramide, and sodium citrate on gastric fluid volume and pH in 196 healthy, elective surgical inpatients, each of whom was randomly assigned to one of four groups. Patients in all groups received oral ranitidine 150 mg 2-3 hr before the scheduled time of surgery. Those in Group 1 also received oral metoclopramide 10 mg one hour before surgery, and sodium citrate 0.3 M 30 ml on call to the operating room; Group 2 received sodium citrate but no metoclopramide; Group 3 received metoclopramide but no sodium citrate; Group 4 received ranitidine alone. Following induction of anaesthesia a #18 Salem sump tube was passed into the stomach and all available gastric fluid was aspirated. Volumes were recorded and pH measured. In all groups mean pH was greater than 5.8, although at least one patient in each group had pH less than 2.5. Mean volumes were significantly greater in patients who received citrate (Groups 1 and 2: 22 and 19 ml) than in those in those who did not (Groups 3 and 4: 10 and 8 ml). One patient in Group 2 and one in Group 3 had pH less than 2.5 with volume greater than 25 ml. Our results do not demonstrate any advantage of double or triple prophylaxis over ranitidine alone. The practical difficulty of correctly administering two or even three medications, each at different but exact preoperative intervals, is emphasized.


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