particulate antacids and NPO

I doubt it too, but an anesthesiologist just screwed me on a MAC case because the patient took a Tums at 3 a.m. for a 7:30 case. They wanted to postpone until 9 a.m., which was not feasible for me since I have a full schedule in the office.

I did gas for 20 years before going 100% pain and I usually go with whatever the anesthesiologist is comfortable with but this is crazy. During my academic incarnation I published and lectured on the topic so I know how soft the data are and how ridiculous the criteria of "2.5 and 30" are.

I was told that "this is what we're taught at every course", i.e., that after a particulate antacid you have to wait 6 hours. I've been all over the Internet and PubMed and I can't find anything at all to support this.

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particulate antacids and NPO