Erythromycin for Gastric Emptying in Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia for Emergency Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Czarnetzki, Christoph
- Elia, Nadia
- Frossard, Jean-Louis
- Giostra, Emiliano
- Spahr, Laurent François Joséph
- Waeber, Jean-Luc
- Pavlovic, Gordana
- Lysakowski, Christopher
- Tramer, Martin
Publication date
January 2015
DOI Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)Abstract
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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