Methods A test meal was used in which the liquid phase was labeled with two markers, ie,
3.7 MBq of 111In-DTPA and 100 mg of 13C-glycine; the solid phase also was dually labeled …

BACKGROUND: To develop a simple method for simultaneous solid and liquid gastric
emptying assessment using a dual isotope labelled breath test. MATERIAL AND METHODS …

Background: The aim of the present study was to develop a breath test for measuring gastric
emptying rate of solids that would induce less radiation exposure than radioscintigraphy and …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Previous work suggested that a breath test using 13C accurately
measures gastric emptying of solids. Thus, breath test half emptying time (t1/2) minus 66 …

Recently, we developed the [13/14C] octanoic acid breath test to measure gastric emptying
of solids. Although the method has been validated extensively, absorption, metabolism, and …

BACKGROUND Current breath tests for measurement of gastric emptying of solids are
expensive, possibly inaccurate, and require cumbersome calculations. AIMS We wished to …

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 …

Background/Aims: The current standard for gastric emptying studies are radioactive isotope
methods.[13C] breath tests have been developed as a nonradioactive alternative. The aim of …

Objective: The accuracy of the 13 C-octanoic acid breath test is enhanced by breath
sampling over 6 h rather than 4 h, but this increases the cost of the test. Our aim was to …

The aim of this study was to compare scintigraphy, the standard method, and the 13 C-
octanoic acid breath test (OBT) for measuring gastric emptying. Patients with functional …