Consensus recommendations for gastric emptying scintigraphy: a joint report of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and the Society of Nuclear Medicine.
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.
Abell
Thomas L
TL
Gastroenterology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
Camilleri
Michael
M
Donohoe
Kevin
K
Hasler
William L
WL
Lin
Henry C
HC
Maurer
Alan H
AH
McCallum
Richard W
RW
Nowak
Thomas
T
Nusynowitz
Martin L
ML
Parkman
Henry P
HP
Shreve
Paul
P
Szarka
Lawrence A
LA
Snape
William J
WJ
Ziessman
Harvey A
HA