Methods for measuring gastric emptying / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Alteration in gastric emptying may play a role in the pathogenesis of many diseases.And various methods to measure gastric emptying have been developed.Nine procedures for the assessment of gastric emptying were reviewed in this paper including intubation test,radiology method,absorption test,real time ultrasound,breath test,radionuclide technique et al .Among all of these methods,radionuclide technique is considered as the good standard method.