BIOLOGIC GASTRIC-EMPTYING TIME IN DIABETIC-PATIENTS, USING TC-99M-LABELED RESIN-OATMEAL WITH AND WITHOUT METOCLOPRAMIDE

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 21  (11) , 1098-1100
Abstract
Biologic gastric emptying time (BGET) was measured in 24 patients with severe diabetes mellitus complicated by vascular damage and peripheral or sensory neuropathy. This population had a BGET of 192 .+-. 32.9 min (mean .+-. standard error of the mean normal 40-85 min). Patients with diabetic gastroenteropathy had prolongation of BGET to 295 .+-. 45 (P < 0.05). Metoclopramide significantly shortened BGET in this subgroup to 101 .+-. 40 min, with return to normal values in 8 of the 12 patients given the drug. The 99mTc-labeled resin-oatmeal test meal used here provides a reliable measure of BGET and of the response to metoclopramide.

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