Is home death associated with frequency of physician home medical care visits : a questionnaire survey on communications in home medical care settings?
The frequency of doctor home-visits was the only factor identified that was positively associated with the occurrence of home death in home medical care settings.
These results clearly show that gastric emptying of a protein containing meal can be modified by previous dietary protein intake. This effect, which is time dependent and meal specific, may be related to changes in endogenous CCK release which will affect emptying rate. While the exact mechanisms underlying this adaptive response need to be studied and clarified further, these results emphasise the importance of dietary history in the evaluation and interpretation of gastric emptying data.