Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10227083 | Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Many previous studies have found that transabdominal ultrasound may allow precise measurement of gastric emptying of liquid meals. However, the clinical use of this technique has been hampered by the limitation that transabdominal ultrasound might not accurately measure gastric emptying of solid meals. It is more important to measure gastric emptying of solids instead of liquids, as gastric emptying of solids is more often delayed than gastric emptying of liquids in gastric motility disorders. Recently, transabdominal ultrasound after oral administration of a cellulose-based gastric contrast agents (TUS-OSCA) has been suggested to be effective in initial screening of gastric lesions. The aim of this study was to explore the accuracy of TUS-OSCA in the evaluation of gastric emptying of a semisolid meal. Twenty healthy young patients (10 males and 10 females aged 25.5â±â2.5 y) were studied. Concurrent measurements of gastric emptying by scintigraphy and TUS-OSCA were performed after ingestion of 350âmL semisolid ultrasound agent labeled with 20 MBq 99mTc-sulfur colloid. There was no significant difference in the overall curves for gastric emptying time between scintigraphy and TUS-OSCA. There was a good correlation between the gastric 50% emptying times determined by scintigraphy (89.4â±â1.8âmin) and TUS-OSCA (92.5â±â1.7âmin). The correlation coefficient was râ=â0.922 (pâ=â0.000). Current results indicate that TUS-OSCA is accurate, and the results are similar to those obtained by scintigraphy for gastric emptying of a semisolid meal.
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Authors
Zhijun Liu, Zhining Liu, Yuhong Li, Jintao Guo, Jianmin Li, Weidong Ren, Shaoshan Tang, Limei Xie, Ying Huang, Liping Huang, Siyu Sun, Ying Zhao,