The administration of 10 ml of magnesium trisilicate mixture to premeditated patients, maintains the pH of gastric contents below pH 2·5 during subsequent general anaesthesia. This effect was sustained for over seven hours—the longest anaesthetic time studied. No antacid supplementation is required to offer protection from acid aspiration during emergence and initial recovery from general anaesthesia.
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