title: Delayed gastric emptying time in adult cerebral Falciparum malaria.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We hypothesize that upper gastrointestinal symptoms in cerebral malaria are due to gastric motor dysfunction. But gastric motility studies in cerebral malaria are scarce.
  
  
  METHODS
  We determined gastric emptying half-time (GET½) of liquid meals quantitatively by radio isotope scintigraphy in 25 patients of cerebral malaria and 10 healthy controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  GET½ was prolonged (46.5 ± 4.8 min) significantly (p <0.001) in patients of cerebral malaria compared to healthy controls (27.6 ± 5.3 min).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cerebral malaria can cause prolongation of gastric emptying time of liquid foods.
authors: V.S.S. Medical College, Doctors Colony, Burla, Sambalpur, India. mohapatra.manoj@rediffmail.com
authors: M K
authors: MK
authors: Mohapatra
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Dash
authors: S C
authors: SC
authors: Mohapatro
authors: R N
authors: RN
authors: Mishra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000502:physiology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult