title: Measurement of gastric emptying time by real-time ultrasonography in patients with Crohn's disease.
abstract: In order to gain some insight into the possible influence of gastric emptying on gallbladder hypomotility in patients with Crohn's disease, the gastric emptying time (GET) was measured by means of ultrasonography in 10 healthy controls and 10 patients with Crohn's disease. No significant difference was observed between both mean values for GET studies (GET: controls, 165.0 min +/- 12.8; Crohn, 142.0 min +/- 11.5; p = 0.208) after ingestion of a liquid meal. Thus, the gallbladder hypomotility described in patients with Crohn's disease, after a liquid fatty-meal stimulus, can not be explained by prolonged gastric emptying time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo Medical School.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Damião
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sipahi
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Vezozzo
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Laudanna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography