THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE ON THE EMPTYING TIME OF THE STOMACH
- 31 January 1937
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 118 (2) , 272-275
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1937.118.2.272
Abstract
The normal emptying time of the stomach was detd. fluoroscopically in 4 normal dogs. The animals were then exposed to cold environmental temps., averaging 15[degree]F ( [long dash] 10[degree]C), and a number of determinations of gastric emptying time were made. After a rest period of several weeks the normal emptying time of the stomach was rechecked in each animal, and the effect of warm environmental temp., averaging 90[degree]F (32[degree]C), was detd. The cold temp. caused an av. decrease of 17% in the emptying time of the stomach; the warm temp. prolonged gastric evacuation by 10%.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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