Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Does sucralfate reduce the risk of acid aspiration pneumonitis?
Answer: Sucralfate has minimal acid buffering effect. Aspiration of sucralfate mixed with distilled water causes lung edema similar to aspiration of water alone. Aspiration of a sucralfate-water suspension mixed with hydrochloric acid causes severe lung edema. These results suggest that patients given sucralfate prophylaxis for stress ulceration are at risk for acid aspiration.
Output (English): no