Effects of Posture and Meal Volume on Gastric Emptying, Intestinal Transit, Oral Glucose Tolerance, Blood Pressure and Gastrointestinal Symptoms After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

• Published in: Obesity surgery Vol. 25; no. 8; pp. 1392 - 1400
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Nam Q., Debreceni, Tamara L., Burgstad, Carly M., Wishart, Judith M., Bellon, Max, Rayner, Chris K., Wittert, Gary A., Horowitz, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Blood Glucose - metabolism; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - physiology; Bypass; Female; Food; Gastric Bypass - adverse effects; Gastric Emptying - physiology; Gastrointestinal diseases; Gastrointestinal Diseases - epidemiology; Gastrointestinal Diseases - etiology; Gastrointestinal surgery; Gastrointestinal Transit - physiology; Glucose; Glucose Tolerance Test; Humans; Insulin - blood; Male; Meals - physiology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Obesity, Morbid - epidemiology; Obesity, Morbid - physiopathology; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Original Contributions; Postprandial Period; Posture; Posture - physiology; Random Allocation; Surgery; Pouch; Glucose absorption; Gastric emptying; Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; Gastrointestinal hormones; Posture

Background The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of posture and drink volume on gastric/pouch emptying (G/PE), intestinal transit, hormones, absorption, glycaemia, blood pressure and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms after gastric bypass (Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB)). Methods Ten RY...