Gastric Emptying in Spinal Cord InjuryPatients

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• 作者：Kao ; Chia Hung ; Ho ; Yung Jen ; Changlai ; Sheng Ping ; Ding ; Hueisch Jy
• 关键词：GASTRIC EMPTYING ; SPINAL CORD INJURY
• 刊名：Digestive Diseases and Sciences
• 出版年：1999
• 出版时间：1999
• 年：1999
• 卷：44
• 期：8
• 页码：1512-1515
• 全文大小：86 KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Gastroenterology
  Hepatology
  Oncology
  Transplant Surgery
  Biochemistry
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-2568

文摘

Prolonged gastric emptying half-time (GET1/2)has been observed in several neurological disorders.However, findings of altered gastric emptying (GE) inprevious studies on subjects with spinal cord injuries (SCI) have been questioned. Thus, GET1/2 ofsolid meals in SCI patients was studied by radionuclideimaging. This prospective study was conducted to assessGET1/2 in 50 SCI patients using radionuclide labeled solid meals. GET1/2 was abnormal in 58% of the50 SCI patients. Age (abnormal GET1/2 in 57% of young vs59% of old patients) and injury duration (abnormalGET1/2 in 61% of long vs 56% of short duration patients) were not statistically significantfactors influencing GET1/2 (P > 0.05). However, theincidences of abnormal GET1/2 in female SCI patients(57%) and patients with high level injury (quadriplegic) (83%) were higher than in male SCI patients(47%) and patients with low level injury (paraplegic)(35%) (P < 0.05). SCI can cause significant prolongedGE of a solid meal, especially in female patients and patients with high level injury.