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Microperfusion Technique to Investigate Regulation of Microvessel Permeability in Rat Mesentery
Published on: September 12, 2015
Luminal distension as a possible consequence of experimental intestinal perfusion
Gut
|September 1, 1974
Abstract:
In an experimental jejunal perfusion study, distress in healthy subjects occurred during eight out of 16 perfusions in which intestinal secretion was provoked. Calculation demonstrates the volumetric consequences of inadequate recovery of secretory perfusates, and analysis of the perfusion studies shows that distress was significantly associated with poor recovery of the perfusate. These observations are pertinent to increasing interest in the phenomenon of intestinal fluid secretion.
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