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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
Both delayed and accelerated gastric emptying rate (GER) have been reported in patients with diabetes mellitus. Delayed GER has been attributed to autonomic neuropathy in established diabetes but rapid GER was demonstrated in early Type 2 diabetes. The aim of the study was to investigate rapid gastric emptying in a group of people with long-duration Type 2 diabetes. GER of a radiolabelled liquid meal was studied scintigraphically in 20 Type 2 patients with a mean (+/-SEM) duration of diabetes 13 (+/-1) years. The 50% emptying time (t50) for the liquid meal was shorter in diabetic patients (29.6+/-2.1 min) than in controls (39.2+/-1.9 min; p<0.0005). Accelerated emptying (t50 value below the shortest t50 of controls) was evidenced in 14/20 patients and delayed emptying (t50 value exceeding the upper t50 of controls) in none. Patients with accelerated GER were comparable for BMI, diabetes duration, HbA1c and fasting glycaemia to those with normal GER. Rapid GER for liquids was found in the presence or absence of autonomic neuropathy. Seven of the patients with rapid emptying of the liquid meal were reassessed using a solid meal. Only one patient demonstrated rapid emptying of the solid meal, which was normal in 3 and delayed in 3 patients. In conclusion, accelerated GER can be found in long-term Type 2 diabetes but there is no concordance between GER of a liquid and a solid meal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0742-3071
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1022-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid gastric emptying of a liquid meal in long-term Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article