Gastrointestinal pH and transit times in healthy subjects with ileostomy

• Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 247 - 253
• Main Authors: FALLINGBORG, J., CHRISTENSEN, L. A., INGEMAN‐NIELSEN, M., JACOBSEN, B. A., ABILDGAARD, K., RASMUSSEN, H. H., RASMUSSEN, S. NØRBY
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.1990
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Gastric Acid - metabolism; Gastrointestinal Transit - physiology; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Ileostomy; Intestinal Mucosa - metabolism; Male; Middle Aged; Reference Values

SUMMARY Gastrointestinal pH in 11 healthy subjects with ileostomy was determined with a pH‐sensitive, radiotransmitting capsule. Median pH was 7.0 in duodenum, dropped to pH 6.3 in the proximal part, but rose to 7.3 in the distal part of the small intestine. In five subjects the pH of the ileostomy...