Current Danish practice for aspiration prophylaxis in obstetric anaesthesia: a survey.
A survey of 45 Danish anaesthetic departments providing obstetric services was conducted to discover which forms of prophylaxis against pulmonary aspiration of acid gastric contents are currently used in obstetric patients. Very few departments used regular aspiration prophylaxis during active labour. For caesarean section pharmacologic prophylaxis was administered by approximately one third of the departments. Sodium citrate was the preferred agent. The use of H(2)-receptor antagonists was uncommon. Metoclopramide was not used. For emergency caesarean section gastric emptying was used by 62% of the departments.
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Department of Anaesthesia, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.
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