PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - C Costalos AU - G Russell AU - Q Al Rahim AU - I Blumenthal AU - S Hanlin AU - I Ross TI - Gastric emptying of Caloreen meals in the newborn. AID - 10.1136/adc.55.11.883 DP - 1980 Nov 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 883--885 VI - 55 IP - 11 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/11/883.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/11/883.full SO - Arch Dis Child1980 Nov 01; 55 AB - The gastric emptying of 10% solutions of glucose and of Caloreen, a glucose polymer, was compared in 16 newborn infants. Caloreen left the stomach more rapidly than glucose on all but one occasion. This has potential advantages to infant feeding.