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KMID : 0378120030300010069
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Chungnam Medical Journal
2003 Volume.30 No. 1 p.69 ~ p.75
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Gastric Emptying Time in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
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Kee Joo-Young
Chae Hee-Bok
Park Seon-Mee
Youn Sei-Jin
Jeong Hyun-Yong
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether delayed gastric emptying time(GET) was associated with the degree of gastrointestinal discomfort, congestive gastropathy, and ascites in patients with liver cirrohsis. Thirty three patients, aged 54.3 years, with liver cirrhosis and fifteen control subjects, aged 30 years, without gastrointestinal symptoms and history of gastrointestinal disease were participated from the first of March in 2001 to the 31st of May in 2002. For GET, solid phase gastric emptying was done with radionuclide scintigraphy using single-head gamma camera after ingestion of Tc99m tin-colloid-steamed egg. Delayed GET was defined as the half time period in GET(T1/2) longer than the mean value plus 1SD of controls (45.0+12.7min).
GET between Control group and patients with liver cirrhosis was 42.64±16.80min, 42.54+20.80, respectively. Therefore, there is no significant difference. On the base of congestive gastropathy, symptom score ’4’, and cirrhosis, there is no difference statistically between two groups. GET measured in the group with esophageal varix(n=26) or without esophageal varix(n=7), was 49.27±16.80min, 31.71±10.61min, respectively. GET measured in group with gastric varix or without varix, was 3.14±11.71min and 43.50±5.85min, respectively. But, there is no difference statically between two groups. There was no significant correlation between serum albumin level and T1/2 of GET(p=0.177). This study shows that there is with no apparent clinical difference between gastric emptying time and liver cirrohtic patients with gastrointestinal discomfort, congestive gastropathy, and ascites.
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KEYWORD
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Gastric emptying time, Liver cirrhosis, Dyspepsia
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