BACKGROUND Most of the previous studies regarding the effects of gel-forming fibres have considered the gastric emptying of liquid or solid meals after the addition of pectin or guar gum. The influence of locust bean gum, on gastric emptying of nutrient semisolid meals in humans has been less well studied, despite its common occurrence in foods. Using a standardised ultrasound method, this stud...

BACKGROUND To assess the prevalence of food/foreign body asphyxia in the elderly Viennese population in order to reduce the incidence of these fatal events. METHODS This is an autopsy-based, retrospective study in Vienna, Austria. Participants included all nonhospitalized (n =200) cases of choking in 1984 to 2001, from a total 42,745 consecutive autopsies performed at the Institute of Forensi...

a gradient reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (hplc) method was developed for the assay of cetrorelix acetate, a synthetic decapeptide with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (gnrh) antagonistic activity used in infertility treatment. the hplc method, which is used to determine cetrorelix in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms, was validated per ich guidelines. the chromatograph...