Gastric emptying of Caloreen meals in the newborn.
The gastric emptying of 10% solutions of glucose and of Caloreen, a glucose polymer, was compared in 16 newborn infants. Caloreen left the stomach more rapidly than glucose on all but one occasion. This has potential advantages to infant feeding.
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D005947:Glucose