In a message dated 12/3/2003 3:20:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> A second study showed that only when they acidified the milk were their
> >histological changes in the lungs. [I posted about that one on May 27
> 1997
> >Aspiration injury to lungs]
>
> What does this mean? "acidified" Is it adding fortifier or something else?
the article said:
into the rabbits' lungs "they instilled infant formula or 0.9% saline or
human milk, all acidified - titrated with hydrochloric acid (not gastric fluids)
to a pH level of 1.8 - one standard deviation below that of the mean pH of
residual fluid in stomachs of infants
2 hrs after breastfeeeding" [to mimic mixture with gastric secretions].
Mardrey Swenson, DC, IBCLC
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