Evaluation of gastrointestinal transit in clinical practice: position paper of the American and European Neurogastroenterology and Motility Societies

SSC Rao, M Camilleri, WL Hasler… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background Disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) transit and motility are common, and cause
either delayed or accelerated transit through the stomach, small intestine or colon, and affect …

How to Differentiate Benign versus Malignant Cardiac and Paracardiac 18F FDG Uptake at Oncologic PET/CT

AH Maurer, M Burshteyn, LP Adler, RM Steiner - Radiographics, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Patients undergoing 2-[fluorine 18] fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) whole-body oncologic
positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) are studied while fasting …

Consensus recommendations for gastric emptying scintigraphy: a joint report of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and the Society of Nuclear …

TL Abell, M Camilleri, K Donohoe… - Journal of nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
This consensus statement from the members of the American Neurogastroenterology and
Motility Society and the Society of Nuclear Medicine recommends a standardized method for …

Gastrointestinal motility, part 1: esophageal transit and gastric emptying

AH Maurer - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
Although not as well standardized as gastric emptying (GE) scintigraphy, esophageal transit
scintigraphy, if performed in a comprehensive manner including both quantitative and …

Gastric emptying of a non‐digestible solid: assessment with simultaneous SmartPill pH and pressure capsule, antroduodenal manometry, gastric emptying …

D Cassilly, S Kantor, LC Knight… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Gastric emptying of digestible solids occurs after trituration of food particles. Non‐digestible
solids are thought to empty with phase III of the migrating motor complex (MMC). The aim of …

Biphasic nature of gastric emptying.

JA Siegel, JL Urbain, LP Adler, ND Charkes… - Gut, 1988 - gut.bmj.com
The existence of a lag phase during the gastric emptying of solid foods is controversial. It
has been hypothesised that among other early events, the stomach requires a period of time …

Treatment of idiopathic gastroparesis with injection of botulinum toxin into the pyloric sphincter muscle

LS Miller, GA Szych, SB Kantor… - Official journal of the …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine if botulinum toxin injection into the pyloric sphincter
improves gastric emptying and reduces symptoms in patients with idiopathic gastroparesis …

Effect of gastric acid suppressants on human gastric motility

HP Parkman, JLC Urbain, LC Knight, KL Brown… - Gut, 1998 - gut.bmj.com
Background—The effect of histamine H2receptor antagonists on gastric emptying is
controversial. Aims—To determine the effects of ranitidine, famotidine, and omeprazole on …

Role of opiate receptors in the regulation of colonic transit

PN Kaufman, B Krevsky, LS Malmud, AH Maurer… - Gastroenterology, 1988 - Elsevier
The effects of morphine and the opiate antagonist naloxone on human colonic transit were
investigated. In a crossover, double-blind fashion, two groups of 6 normal volunteers were …

Whole gut transit scintigraphy in the clinical evaluation of patients with upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms

ES Bonapace, AH Maurer, S Davidoff… - Official journal of the …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: In a single noninvasive, quantitative test, whole gut transit scintigraphy (WGTS)
measures gastric emptying (GE), small bowel transit (SBT), and colonic transit (CT). The aim …