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A Review of the Literature from July 1944 to June 1945

WALTER LINCOLN PALMER, M.D.; WILLIAM E. RICKETTS, M.D.; SAMUEL N. MAIMON, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1946;78(3):323-366.

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DUODENUM

Congenital Anomalies.

—Sumner and Morris²¹⁷ report a case in which duodenal atresia in a newborn infant, diagnosed early, was successfully treated by duodenojejunostomy. In Mosquera's²¹⁸ case the atresia proved fatal at the age of 18 months.

Secretion.

—Comfort²¹⁹ reviews the literature of the last thirty years on duodenal content in health and disease and reaches the following conclusions: During fasting the duodenal content of healthy subjects with achlorhydria is alkaline; in those with acid-secreting stomachs it is acid both in the fasting state and after meals; the reaction of the duodenal content of healthy subjects varies roughly with the amount of acid entering the duodenum; the acidity does not vary greatly between the first and the second portion; drugs, such as atropine sulfate, morphine and the sodium salt of dehydrocholic acid, increase the average p_H of the duodenal content; the antacids . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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