Effects of posture on gastric emptying of non-nutrient liquids and
antropyloroduodenal motility.
Anvari, Mehran, Michael Horowitz, Robert Fraser, Anne Maddox, Jennifer
Myers, John Dent, Glyn G. Jamieson.
Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada; and Departments of Surgery and Medicine, University of
Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
APStracts 2:0013G, 1995.
The effects of posture on gastric emptying, intragastric distribution
and antropyloroduodenal motility after ingestion of a non-nutrient
liquid have been evaluated. In 7 healthy volunteers
antropyloroduodenal pressures were measured for 30 minutes after
ingestion of 150 ml normal saline in two different positions: sitting
and left lateral. Saline drinks were radiolabeled and ingested both
before and after intravenous atropine (4 mcg/kg).
Received 28 June 1994; accepted in final form 10 January 1995
APS Manuscript Number G0250-4.
Article publication pending Am. J. Physiol. (Gastrointest. Liver
Physiology).
ISSN 1080-4757 Copyright 1995 The American Physiological Society.
Published in APStracts on 23 February 1995.