Hepato Gastroenterol
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Hepato Gastroenterol · Dec 1991
Estimate of gastric acid output by evaluation of fasting gastric juice collected endoscopically.
Using an endoscope we collected fasting gastric juice for estimation of gastric acid in subjects examined by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Subjects were 53 in- and out-patients (46 males and 7 females) at our hospital. ⋯ There was a statistically significant correlation between them. Thus, an estimation of gastric acid secretion can be obtained from the fasting gastric juice which we usually aspirate and discard during the routine endoscopic examination.