gastric acid

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gastric acid,



pertaining to, affecting, or originating in the stomach.

gastric acid
see gastric juice (below).
gastric atony
gastric cicatricial contraction
gastric dilatation
see gastric dilatation colic.
gastric dilatation-displacement
see gastric dilatation-volvulus (below).
gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV)
gastric distention
in pigs commonly results in vomiting.
gastric edema
gastric emptying time
gastric fluid
see gastric juice (below).
gastric folds
gastric foreign body
gastric habronemiasis
gastric hemorrhage
gastric hormones
see gastrointestinal hormones.
gastric impaction
gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP)
gastric intubation
gastric invagination
gastric juice
gastric motility
gastric mucosa
secretes pepsin (as pepsinogen), hydrochloric acid.
gastric neoplasia
gastric outlet obstruction
see pyloric obstruction, pyloric outflow failure.
gastric peptidases
gastric perforation
gastric pits
gastric rotation
gastric rupture
gastric squamous-cell carcinoma
gastric torsion
gastric ulcer
gastric venous infarction
gastric waves
peristaltic waves, the pacemakers for antral peristalsis.
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Omeprazole also showed antiulcer activity by reducing gastric acid output.
Calcium and stimulus-secretion coupling in gastric fundic mucosa: effect of inhibition of calcium transport by Verapamil on gastric acid secretion in the isolated guinea pig fundic mucosa and in healthy subjects.
Falaleeva TM, Samonina GE, Beregovaya TV, Kucherenko MI, Andreeva LA (2010) Influence of the proline peptides Pro-Gly-Pro and its metabolites Gly-Pro and Pro-Gly on the gastric acid release of rats.
We suggest need of further large sample size studies to find out more accurate results regarding gastric acid aspiration prophylaxis.
The negative health impacts of coffee are also reviewed in chapters on prenatal coffee consumption, the occurrence of acrylamide and furan in coffee, the impact of coffee on gastric acid secretion, and mental risks such as tolerance and physical dependence, anxiety, sleep problems, and psychosis.
Most supplements containing calcium carbonate require gastric acid to properly dissolve (ionize) it to be readily absorbed through the intestinal wall into circulation.
This recent study examined the role curcumin played on gastric acid secretion in murine models, in addition to its effects on acute gastric lesions.
Gastric acid suppression by proton pump inhibitors as a risk factor for clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients American Journal of Gastroenterology, 103(9), 2308-2313.
Agents that are currently available for the treatment of gastric ulcers act by either reducing gastric acid secretion (H2 blockers, proton pump inhibitors, anti muscarinic agents), acting as physical barriers (sucralfate, colloidal bismuth subcitrate), or increasing the mucous and bicarbonate secretion (prostaglandin analogues, carbenoxolone).
The other target group are people taking medications, reducing gastric acid secretion (Proton Pump Inhibitor, PPI drugs, or 2-blockers.
Refractory oesophagitis (non-healing of erosions) is rare since the advent of potent gastric acid inhibition with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).