The effect of metoclopramide on neonatal gastric emptying.
1 The effect of metoclopramide on gastric emptying was studied on twenty-five occasions in fifteen low birth weight babies. 2 The serial test-meal technique was used. 3 The results indicate that metoclopramide does not promote gastric emptying in the newborn period.
D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008787:Metoclopramide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
D008787:Metoclopramide