A Screening Technique for the Detection of Achlorhydria Using the Heidelberg Capsule

J. M. Williamson University Department of Medicine, and M.R.C Group in Iron and Porphyrin Metabolism, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, W. I. and Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, S. W. I, Scotland.

R. I. Russell University Department of Medicine, and M.R.C Group in Iron and Porphyrin Metabolism, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, W. I. and Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, S. W. I, Scotland.

A. Goldberg University Department of Medicine, and M.R.C Group in Iron and Porphyrin Metabolism, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, W. I. and Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, S. W. I, Scotland.

Abstract

The present study describes a technique for determining the intragastric pH using the Heidelberg capsule with particular reference to the detection of achlorhydria. Betazole hydrochloride was used as the gastric secretory stimulus. A good correlation exists between the pH recorded by the technique described and that found during an A. H. T. in patients suffering from a variety of anaemias. In patients with pernicious anaemia, achlorhydria was indicated by a pH equal to or greater than 4, using the method described.

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