GASTRIC-EMPTYING IN INFANTS FED HUMAN-MILK OR INFANT FORMULA

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 70  (5) , 639-641
Abstract
Gastric emptying of meals of human milk or infant formula was studied in 17 healthy infants aged 4 wk to 6 mo. using a marker dilution technique. In the 24 studies performed, gastric emptying followed a biphasic pattern in 11 and a linear pattern in 12 studies. The average gastric half-emptying time for meals of human milk was 48 min and for meals of infant formula 78 min. After 1 h an average of 29.5 ml of human milk and 22.7 ml of infant formula per 0.1 m2 of body surface area had emptied from the stomach.

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