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POSTPRANDIAL GASTRIC ACID SECRETION IN INFANTS
Author(s) -
CAVELL B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09830.x
Subject(s) - postprandial , medicine , gastric acid , secretion , gastric secretion , gastroenterology , body weight , endocrinology , insulin
. Gastric acid secretion in response to meals of infant formula was studied in 8 healthy infants aged 4 to 24 weeks. The technique involved intragastric volume determinations using a marker and measurement of the acidity of the gastric contents. In the 2‐hour postprandial period, pH declined from 7 to 5.2. The one‐hour postprandial gastric acid output was 236±49 μmol/kg body weight.