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AN ASSESSMENT OF GASTRIC EMPTYING BY BREATHALYSER
Author(s) -
FINCH J.E.,
KENDALL M.J.,
MITCHARD M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.216
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1365-2125
pISSN - 0306-5251
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1974.tb00242.x
Subject(s) - gastric emptying , gastroenterology , absorption (acoustics) , medicine , absorption rate , pharmacology , stomach , chemistry , chromatography , materials science , composite material
1 A breathalyser has been used to measure blood alcohol levels at short intervals to produce an absorption curve which we have shown is reproducible. 2 Changes in the rate of absorption which reflect changes in gastric emptying times produced by metoclopromide and propantheline have been demonstrated. 3 The breathalyser technique described appears to offer a simple method of studying the effects of drugs on the rate of gastric emptying.