[Effects of wheat bran on the rate of gastric stump and small intestine evacuation in patients with dumping syndrome after stomach resection].

A total of 65 patients with dumping syndrome after gastric resection were under study. It has been found that addition of 10 and 20 g of wheat bran to semolina porridge significantly (p less than 0.05) inhibits the rate of gastric stump and small intestine evacuation, and in 1/3 of the patients it promotes lowered manifestation and duration of dumping syndrome.

[Effect of different types of food loads on the rate of emptying of the gastric stump in patients with the dumping syndrome after gastric resection].

The influence of carbohydrate, carbohydrate-fatty and protein test breakfasts on the rate of gastric stump evacuation was studied in 62 patients with dumping syndrome of mild and moderate severity, using the x-ray method developed by the authors. It has been established that in patients with dumping syndrome carbohydrate and carbohydrate-fatty food is most quickly evacuated from the gastric stump. Doubled amount of fat in the carbohydrate-fatty breakfast (up to 40 g) induced no significant deceleration in the gastric stump evacuation, moreover, in some cases its evacuatory function was accelerated.

[Effect of cimetidine on the gastric evacuatory function in peptic ulcer patients].

A modified x-ray method was used in 28 patients with peptic ulcer of the duodenum to examine, at an interval of 3 days, the rate of evacuation from the stomach of radiographic contrast capsules ingested together with trial food intakes. Assay of the rate of evacuation from the stomach of the radiographic contrast capsules demonstrated that as compared to controls (without cimetidine), a single oral intake of 200 micrograms cimetidine exerts a statistically significant stimulating effect on evacuation from the stomach of the capsules taken with both semolina and appropriate breakfast. The stimulating effect of cimetidine manifested itself commonly 1 h after food intake.