Biomedical subjects

B Cavell

Publications and source records attributed to B Cavell.

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PubMed1981

Gastric emptying in infants with cystic fibrosis.

Gastric emptying of meals of pasteurized human milk or infant formula was studied in 4 infants aged 5 weeks to 4 months with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency. A marker dilution technique was used. Three of the patients showed gastric emptying rates higher than those of controls during the first hour after receiving the meal. The gastric emptying rate of the remaining patients, both after a meal of human milk and of infants formula, was similar to that of the controls.

Cystic Fibrosis↗

PubMed1981

Gastric emptying in infants fed human milk or infant formula.

Gastric emptying of meals of human milk or infant formula was studied in 17 healthy infants aged 4 weeks to 6 months using a marker dilution technique. In the 24 studies performed gastric emptying followed a biphasic pattern in 11 and a linear pattern in 12 studies. The average gastric half-emptying time for meals of human milk was 48 min, and for meals of infant formula 78 min. After 1 hour an average of 29.5 ml of human milk and 22.7 ml of infant formula per 0.1 m2 of body surface area had emptied from the stomach.

Gastric Emptying↗

PubMed1979

Spontaneous perforation of the common bile duct.

An 18-week-old baby boy suffered an episode of acute abdominal symptoms followed by a silent period with mild obstructive jaundice, abdominal distension and failure to thrive. During the clinical work-up he deteriorated suddenly, with progressive abdominal distension and ascites. At laparotomy a perforation of the common bile duct with bile peritonitis was found. Spontaneous perforation of the common bile duct is seldom listed as a cause of obstructive jaundice. The clinical picture is characteristic. Awareness of this diagnosis may help to avoid time-consuming and unnecessary investigations and to lead to surgical treatment in good time.

Biliary Tract Diseases↗

PubMed1979

Gastric emptying in preterm infants.

The gastric emptying of meals of human milk and infant formula was studied in 11 healthy preterm (AGA) infants at a postnatal age of 1-9 weeks corresponding to 33-38 weeks of gestational age. A total of 30 studies were performing using a marker dilution technique. Gastric emptying of meals of human milk followed a biphasic emptying pattern with an initial fast phase. In about 25 min half of the meal had left the stomach. The emptying of meals of adapted infant formula usually followed a linear pattern and half the meal had left the stomach after 51 min. After one hour an average of 24.8 ml of human milk and 19.2 ml of infant formula had left the stomach.

Female↗

PubMed1977