Abstract
In earlier experimental investigations on the possibilities of stroma-free haemoglobin solution application as a blood substitute, short-lasting disturbances of intestinal peristalsis were observed to occur during transfusion of haemoglobin solution.
In order to explain whether these changes influence intestinal absorption processes, experiments were carried out on dogs with high jejunostomy produced for instillation of d-xylose solution. The absorption of this solution was determined during transfusions of haemoglobin solutions.
No disturbances in the intestinal absorption of d-xylose were observed during or after transfusions of non-oxygenated or oxygenated stroma-free haemoglobin solutions as compared to this absorption in the control group of dogs receiving dextran 40,000.
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