Gastric and Gallbladder Emptying in Relation to the Secretion of Cholecystokinin after a Meal in Late Pregnancy

Autor: G Rådberg, A Järnfeldt-Samsioe, P. Cantor, Joar Svanvik, J. F. Rehfeld, M. Asztely
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Digestion. 42:174-180
ISSN: 1421-9867
0012-2823
DOI: 10.1159/000199844
Popis: Gastric and gallbladder emptying was studied in response to a mixed liquid meal in 18 pregnant women and 24 controls without a history of gallbladder or liver disease. Gallbladder and gastric volumes were measured with ultrasound and calculated by the 'sum-of-cylinders' method. The gastric emptying of protein was estimated by nasogastric aspiration in separate groups of controls and pregnant women. In a subgroup of 9 pregnant women and 8 controls, the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK) was also measured. Neither gastric volume reduction and emptying nor contraction of the gallbladder and CCK secretion after a liquid mixed meal differed significantly between pregnant women and controls. The gallbladder fasting volume and the residual volume after contraction, however, were significantly increased in pregnant women.
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