Gastric emptying of solids in patients with nonorganic dyspepsia

Brogna, A.; Ferrara, R.; Bucceri, A.M.; Paradisi, V.; Catalano, F.

Minerva Medica 80(2): 129-131

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4806
PMID: 2784551
Document Number: 342676
The purpose of this work was to evaluate gastric emptying of a solid meal in 20 patients with functional dyspepsia and in 20 healthy controls. Gastric emptying time (T 1/2 = 188.45 +/- 93.79; p less than 0.001 - E.I. = 0.43 +/- 0.16; p less than 0.001) was significantly delayed in patients with functional dyspepsia compared with controls. The conclusion is drawn that either antral motor activity or antral-pyloric-duodenal motor activity is impaired in such patients.

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