Sodium citrate in paediatric outpatients
- 1 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 34 (6) , 560-562
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03010510
Abstract
To determine whether the gastric content pH of paediatric patients could be raised in an effort to decrease post-aspiration morbidity and mortality, the antacid sodium citrate (0.4 ml·kg1) was given preoperatively to 25 patients aged 1 to 14 (6.0 ± 3.5, mean ± SD) years. Their gastric content pH was measuredfollowing induction of anaesthesia. These values were compared to those obtained from a control group (n = 20) ranging in age from seven months to nine (3.3 ±2.7) years. A gastric content pH value of greater than 2.5 was measured in 23 of the 25 patients who received sodium citrate. There were only two patients in the control group with a gastric content pH greater than 2.5, p < 0.001, Fisher exact test. Only one child refused to take the medication. The administration of sodium citrate appears to be an effective method of raising the gastric content pH in paediatric patients. Afin de déterminer s’il était possible ďélever le pH du contenu gastrique chez des enfants pour tenter de diminuer la morbidité et la mortalité post-aspiration, on a donné 0.4 ml · kg-1 de ľantacide citrate de sodium, en période préopératoire, à 25 patients âgés de l à 14 (6.0 ± 3.5, moyenne ± SD) ans. Le pH du contenu gastrique a été mesuré à la suite de ľinduction de ľanesthésie. Ces valeurs ont été comparées à celles obtenues à partir ďun groupe-témoin (n = 20) dont ľâge s’échelonnait de septmoisà neuf (3.3 ± 2.7)ans. Une valeur de pH gastrique de plus del.5 a été mesurée chez 23 des 25 patients qui ont reçu du citrate dé sodium. Seulement deux des patients dans le groupetémoin avaient un pH gastrique de plus de 2.5, p < 0.001, test Fisher exact. Un seul enfant a refusé de prendre le médicament. ll semble que ľadministration de citrate de sodium soit une méthode efficace pour augmenter le pH du contenu gastrique chez les patients pédiatriques.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Aspiration during anaesthesia: a computer‐aided study of 185 358 anaestheticsActa Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 1986
- Intraoperative aspiration in a paediatric patientCanadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 1985
- The Effectiveness of Sodium Citrate as an AntacidAnesthesiology, 1982
- Assessment of Risk Factors Related to the Acid Aspiration Syndrome In Pediatric Patients–Gastric p H and Residual VolumeAnesthesiology, 1982
- A comparative evaluation of cimetidine and sodium citrate to decrease gastric acidity: Effectiveness at the time of induction of anaesthesiaCanadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 1981
- Antacid Pulmonary Aspiration in the DogAnesthesiology, 1979
- BALTIMORE ANESTHESIA STUDY COMMITTEE: FACTORS IN PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA MORTALITY.1964
- ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS - AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY1952
- The Aspiration of Stomach Contents into the Lungs During Obstetric AnesthesiaAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1946