title: [Examination of gastric emptying with gamma camera. Clinically useful, uniform method now established].
abstract: Although more than 30 years have passed since the introduction of scintigraphic testing of gastric emptying there has been no well-defined standard. Eight Swedish hospitals have established a nationally standardized method for scintigraphic testing of gastric emptying of solids. 160 healthy subjects participated. The meal consisted of a 99mTc-labeled omelet (1300 kJ) and 150 ml unlabeled soft drink (290 kJ). There were no differences in calculated variables between the centers. Premenopausal women showed slower emptying than postmenopausals and men of any age, making separate reference values for younger women necessary.
authors.affiliation: Avdelningen för diagnostisk radiologi, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm. grpe@adr.ks.se
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grybäck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bajc
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Granerus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lyrenäs
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hermansson
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rönnblom
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernström
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jacobsson
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hellström
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012016:Reference Values; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
chemical_list: D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin