title: [Measurement of gastric emptying in non-ulcer dyspepsia].
abstract: Using real-time ultrasonography, we monitored gastric emptying indirectly in 26 cases of non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD) and 13 healthy adults by determining the anteroposterior gastric measurement of a single section of the stomach in the corpus fundus immediately after drinking 500 ml water and then every 10 min. for five times. The average time for 50% gastric emptying in NUD patients (36.46 +/- 13.13, x +/- s) was longer than that in healthy adults (23.54 +/- 5.93), but the half time of gastric emptying in male with NUD was not significantly different as compared with that in male controls and female patients of NUD.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography