The Influence of Carbonated Water on Gastric Emptying
- 27 March 1952
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 246 (13) , 490-492
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195203272461304
Abstract
IT HAS been stated from time to time that the ingestion of carbonated beverage hastens gastric emptying. This effect of carbon dioxide has been indicated by the work of Carnot and Koskowski,1 Kussmaul,2 Jaworski,3 Binet and Lebon4 and Hellebrandt and Houtz.5 In a majority of such studies the carbonated beverages used were either naturally occurring or prepared solutions that were moderately or heavily mineralized, thus raising some question concerning the effects of the salts present.In other studies the carbon dioxide was produced in the stomach by the reaction between ingested sodium bicarbonate and the acid gastric juice. Thus Shay . . .Keywords
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