Cholecystokinetic cholecystography.
A prospective clinical trial of 100 patients receiving either intramuscular ceruletide or a fatty meal to contract the gallbladder after oral cholecystography is described. The percentage reduction of the gallbladder area after 30 min of stimulation was not significantly greater with ceruletide (49%) than with a fatty meal (44%) (t-test: p greater than 0.3). Ceruletide caused significantly more adverse reactions than a fatty meal (Fisher test, p less than 0.01). The diagnostic value of routine cholecystokinetic stimulation is doubtful, since the diagnosis changed after the contraction in only 1 patient.
D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002108:Ceruletide; D002765:Cholecystography / Q000379:methods*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation
D004041:Dietary Fats; D002108:Ceruletide