Are gastric, jejunal, or both forms of enteral feeding gastroprotective during stress?
These studies show that large volumes of enteral glucose prevent restraint injury but IJ glucose refluxes into the stomach. The gastroprotective effects of small, nonrefluxing volumes of IJ glucose are associated with suppression of stress-induced gastric hypercontractility, but not with suppressed acidity or enhanced perfusion.
Highly condensed, solid-like lipid layers, such as those containing high proportions of WEs, are evaporation-retardant. In multi-component lipid layers, the evaporation-retardant interactions between carbon chains decrease and, therefore, these lipid layers do not retard evaporation.