The Effect of Oral Protein and Glucose Feeding on Splanchnic Blood Flow and Oxygen Utilization in Normal and Cirrhotic Subjects 12

Since the dietary management of patients with cirrhosis is of great importance it was felt that as-sessment of the vascular and metabolic responses of the splanchnic area to protein and glucose feed-ing would shed some light on reactions of the splanchnic vasculature and of the liver parenchyma which might be therapeutically desirable, or the reverse.