Gastric Emptying of Water and Glucose Solutions in the Newborn

Effects of Hypoxemia on Gastrointestinal Blood Flow and Gastric Emptying in the Newborn Piglet

“…The 10% dextrose test meal minimized such variables as fat, amino acid content, and physical composition, yet provided sufficient caloric content (32)(33)(34) to slow gastric emptying enough to allow us to detect differences among study periods. This test meal has an osmolality of -6 15 mOsmol/ kg.…”

Effect of body position on gastric emptying in the neonate.

“…5 French) every 2 hours. The method of serial test-meals used in adults (Hunt, 1951) has been modified for study of gastric emptying in the newborn (Husband and Husband, 1969). The stomach was initially washed out with water so that it was free of large curds.…”

Is it necessary to warm infants' feeds?

“…Their characteristics are shown in the Table. All the babies were being fed routinely via indwelling polyvinyl nasogastric tubes every 4 hours. The method of serial test meals used for adults (Hunt, 1951) had been modified for studying gastric emptying in the newborn (Husband and Husband, 1969). Initially the stomach was washed out with water until free of large curds.…”