GASTRIC EMPTYING IN INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

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Abstract
Gastric emptying of infant formula using a marker dilution technique was studied in 8 infants with congenital heart disease aged 1 wk to 5 mo. Six infants had heart failure and 4 failed to grow. Gastric emptying followed a linear pattern in 5 and a biphasic pattern with an initial slow phase in 2 infants. The meal amounts emptified after 1 and 2 h, 14.7 and 31.0 ml/0.1 m2 of body surface area, respectively, were significantly smaller than the corresponding amounts found in a group of healthy infants.