Treatment of gastric emptying delay. 2009

M Bortolotti
Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy. bormau@tin.it

Gastric emptying delay is a rather frequent occurrence that may reveal itself with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, from slight dyspeptic symptoms up to alimentary vomiting. Once diagnosed with appropriate examinations, the treatment of this condition may be performed with a variety of means proportionate to the severity of the disease. In the first line there are dietetic measures and pharmacologic aids, that vary from currently available prokinetics drugs, drugs created for other therapeutical purposes, that reveal prokinetic properties, to new classes of prokinetics currently under clinical investigation or clinical trials. In more severe cases of gastroparesis, with vomiting and abdominal pain refractory to prokinetic therapy, other pharmacologic measures can be utilized, such as antiemetic and analgesic drugs. If the medical therapy is insufficient, endoscopic and surgical procedures are available, from the widening of the pyloric ring with botulinum toxin infiltrations or pneumatic dilatation, to the employment of various techniques of gastric electrical stimulation, up to partial or total gastric resection, when any other treatment fails and the patient is kept alive only with partial or total parenteral nutrition.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005746 Gastric Emptying The evacuation of food from the stomach into the duodenum. Emptying, Gastric,Emptyings, Gastric,Gastric Emptyings
D005767 Gastrointestinal Diseases Diseases in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Cholera Infantum,Gastrointestinal Disorders,Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders,Gastrointestinal Disorders, Functional,Disease, Gastrointestinal,Diseases, Gastrointestinal,Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder,Gastrointestinal Disease,Gastrointestinal Disorder,Gastrointestinal Disorder, Functional
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor

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