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Gastric Fluid pH in Patients Receiving Sodium Citrate

Oscar J. Viegas, MD^*, Ram S. Ravindran, MD^*, and Carol A. Shumacker, MD

*Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1100 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. Resident, Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1100 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202.

Abstract

Gastric fluid pH was measured following induction of anesthesia and placement of an endotracheal tube in 30 surgical patients undergoing elective operations. None of the patients received an anticholinergic drug before surgery. Fifteen patients who had been given 15 ml of sodium citrate 15 to 20 minutes before induction of anesthesia had a mean pH of 6.2 ± 0.8. The control group, which also consisted of 15 patients, had a mean pH of 2.1 ± 1.4. The increase in gastric pH noted following sodium citrate would result in reduced pulmonary reaction should aspiration occur.

Key Words: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, stomach: pH • IONS: citrate

Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999