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Relationships among Intragastric Meal Distribution during Gastric Emptying, Water Consumption during Water Load Satiety Testing, and Symptoms of Gastroparesis.

INTRODUCTION: Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) measures total gastric retention after a solid meal, and can assess intragastric meal distribution (IMD). Water load satiety test (WLST) measures gastric capacity. Both IMD immediately after meal ingestion (ratio of proximal gastric counts after meal ingestion to total gastric counts at time 0 [IMD0 ]) and WLST (volume of water ingested over 5 min) are indirect measures of gastric accommodation. In this study, IMD0 and WLST were compared to each other and to symptoms of gastroparesis to gauge their clinical utility for assessing patients with symptoms of gastroparesis.

METHODS: Patients with symptoms of gastroparesis underwent GES to obtain gastric retention and IMD0 , WLST, and filled out Patient Assessment of Upper GI Symptoms.

RESULTS: 234 patients with symptoms of gastroparesis were assessed (86 diabetic, 130 idiopathic, 18 post-fundoplication); 175 (75%) delayed gastric emptying. Low IMD0 <0.568 suggesting initial rapid transit to the distal stomach was present in 8% and correlated with lower gastric retention, less heartburn, and lower volumes consumed during WLST. Low WLST volume (<238 mL) was present in 20% and associated with increased severity of early satiety, postprandial fullness, loss of appetite, and nausea.

CONCLUSIONS: Low IMD0 is associated with less gastric retention and less heartburn. Volume of water consumed during WLST, while associated with IMD0 , has associations with early satiety, postprandial fullness, loss of appetite, and nausea. Thus, IMD0 and WLST appear to overlap somewhat in their assessment of gastric physiology in adults with symptoms of gastroparesis but relate to different dyspeptic symptoms.

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