Acidity of gastric contents during nocturnal intragastric drip therapy in patients with duodenal ulcer

Abstract

EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS This report shows that an intragastric milk drip alone has a poor antacid action upon the nocturnal gastric secretion in duodenal ulcer patients. Milk containing 20 g. of sodium bicarbonate per litre is more effective and superior to a chelated aluminium compound, Glymaxil, given in 5 % or 10 % solution. About three-quarters of the gastric samples from the milk-bicarbonate trial were less acid than pH 4.