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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dysphagia. 2016 Jul 13;31(5):672–679. doi: 10.1007/s00455-016-9726-6

Table 2.

Viscosity measurements (Mean (SD) in mPa.s) at shear rates of 30, 50 and 100 reciprocal seconds

Test Liquid Shear Rate NDD
Classification
30s−1 50s−1 100s−1
Liquid E-Z-Paque® (60% w/v concentration) 151 (7.28) 112 (5.35) 74 (3.29) Nectar-thick
E-Z-Paque® Powder (60% w/v concentration) 23 (0.89) 20 (0.83) 17 (0.88) Thin
E-Z-Paque® Powder (diluted to 20% w/v concentration) 4 (0.13) 3 (0.17) 3 (0.16) Thin

Similac® 20 kcal 3 (0.76) 3 (0.52) 3 (0.29) Thin

Similac® 20 kcal plus E-Z-Paque® Powder (20% w/v concentration) 6 (0.32) 5 (0.18) 5 (0.12) Thin

Enfamil® 20 kcal 3 (0.51) 3 (0.45) 2 (0.37) Thin

Enfamil® 20 kcal plus E-Z-Paque® Powder (20% w/v concentration) 8 (1.22) 7 (0.77) 6 (0.37) Thin

Enfamil AR™ 20 kcal 91 (19.17) 76 (14.42) 59 (10.59) Nectar-thick

Enfamil AR™ 20 kcal plus E-Z-Paque® Powder (20% w/v concentration) 34 (4.25) 30 (3.58) 25 (2.73) Thin

Enfamil AR™ 24 kcal 52 (35.88) 44 (29.67) 35 (22.29) Thin

Enfamil AR™ 24 kcal plus E-Z-Paque® Powder (20% w/v concentration) 68 (24.29) 58 (20.5) 46 (16.09) Nectar-thick

Similac Sensitive for Fussiness and Gas® 7 (0.2) 6 (0.13) 5 (0.06) Thin

Similac Sensitive for Fussiness and Gas® plus E-Z-Paque® Powder
(20% w/v concentration)
11 (0.15) 10 (0.12) 9 (0.08) Thin

Breastmilk: Donor 1 4 (1.78) 3 (1.19) 2 (0.65) Thin

Breastmilk: Donor 1 plus E-Z-Paque® Powder (20% w/v concentration) 7 (0.37) 6 (0.31) 5 (0.20) Thin

Breastmilk: Donor 2 8 (4.81) 5 (2.77) 4 (1.91) Thin

Breastmilk: Donor 2 plus E-Z-Paque® Powder (20% w/v concentration) 8 (3.18) 6 (1.81) 5 (0.85) Thin