Table 1

Start of small intestinal emptying

Minutes after start of infusion
Lipid 50.0 (8.2)
Protein175.7 (15.5)1-150
Saline122.8 (1.8)1-150
Poorly absorbable solution 95.7 (20.6)
  • Results are expressed as mean (SEM). Small intestinal transit is expressed as the time after infusion when first counts arrived in the caecum; the head of the technetium and indium counts always moved together and arrived in the colon simultaneously.

  • 1-150 Significant v lipid; significantv the poorly absorbable solution.