Microspheres of pancreatin should empty from the stomachs of patients with pancreatic
insufficiency as fast as food. The present study was undertaken in 26 healthy subjects to …

Abnormal gastric emptying in the obese has been previously suggested. To explore this
concept, we studied a group of 77 subjects composed of 46 obese and 31 age-, sex-, and …

A dual radioisotopic method was employed to study the rate of gastric emptying of meals in
ten males with an average age of 31 years and 10 elderly males with an average age ot …

Previous studies suggested that the food-containing canine stomach retains large,
nondigestible spheres until all food has emptied; but it is not known whether there is a …

In a double blind crossover comparison with placebo, the effects of cisapride (10 mg tid for
two weeks), a non-antidopaminergic gastrointestinal prokinetic drug, on gastric emptying …

Helicobacter pylori infection, histological features of the gastric mucosa, and gastric motor
and secretory functions were evaluated in 45 consecutive patients with chronic idiopathic …

Background Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) of solids is typically used to evaluate for
gastroparesis. Aims The purpose of this study was to determine the value of simultaneously …

The medical literature states that solid gastric-emptying studies are more sensitive for the
detection of gastroparesis than are liquid studies; thus, liquid studies are rarely required …

This study was designed to assess the relative influence of meal weight and caloric content
on gastric emptying of liquid and solid meals in man. A dual radioisotopic method which …

The application of new radioisotope methods in external < em> in vivo</em>
scanning has increased our knowledge of how disease and treatment can effect gastric …