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Consensus Recommendations for Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy: A Joint Report of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and the Society of Nuclear Medicine

2008; Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2967/jnmt.107.048116

1535-5675

Thomas L. Abell, Michael Camilleri, K. J. Donohoe, William L. Hasler, Henry C. Lin, Alan H. Maurer, Richard W. McCallum, T Nowak, M. L. Nusynowitz, Henry P. Parkman, Paul Shreve, Lawrence A. Szarka, William J. Snape, Harvey A. Ziessman,

Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments

This consensus statement from the members of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and the Society of Nuclear Medicine recommends a standardized method for measuring gastric emptying (GE) by scintigraphy. A low-fat, egg-white meal with imaging at 0, 1, 2, and 4 h after meal ingestion, as described by a published multicenter protocol, provides standardized information about normal and delayed GE. Adoption of this standardized protocol will resolve the lack of uniformity of testing, add reliability and credibility to the results, and improve the clinical utility of the GE test.