The efficacy of lafutidine in improving preoperative gastric fluid property: a comparison with ranitidine and rabeprazole

Anesth Analg. 2002 Jul;95(1):144-7, table of contents. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200207000-00025.

Abstract

Acid aspiration syndrome remains a potentially critical perioperative complication. We compared lafutidine, ranitidine, and rabeprazole for reduction of preoperative gastric fluid acidity and volume in elective surgery and found that these variables were minimized with a single morning dose of lafutidine 20 mg compared with ranitidine or rabeprazole. Preoperative oral lafutidine may be an alternative to ranitidine as a prophylaxis against aspiration pneumonia.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • 2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles
  • Acetamides / therapeutic use*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benzimidazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Gastric Acid / physiology*
  • Gastric Acidity Determination
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Intubation, Gastrointestinal
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Omeprazole / analogs & derivatives
  • Piperidines / therapeutic use*
  • Preoperative Care*
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors
  • Pyridines / therapeutic use*
  • Rabeprazole
  • Ranitidine / therapeutic use*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Stomach / anatomy & histology
  • Stomach / drug effects

Substances

  • 2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles
  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists
  • Piperidines
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors
  • Pyridines
  • Rabeprazole
  • lafutidine
  • Ranitidine
  • Omeprazole