Objectives: To assess the efficacy of an L-glutamine solution on jejunal salt and water
absorption in cholera patients. Design: A randomized double-blind jejunal perfusion study.
Setting: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. Patients:
Nineteen adults with acute cholera. Interventions: Perfusion of balanced salt solutions
alternated with defined glucose salt solution and glutamine glucose salt or alanine glucose
salt solutions. Main outcome measures: Net jejunal water and sodium secretion. Results …