TY - JOUR
T1 - Selected Interventions in Nuclear Medicine
T2 - Gastrointestinal Motor Functions
AU - Odunsi, Suwebatu T.
AU - Camilleri, Michael
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - The measurement of gastrointestinal functions by the use of scintigraphy is established in clinical practice and research. The most commonly used test is the gastric-emptying test, which is acknowledged as the gold standard to measure gastric motility and is conducted according to a consensus statement from the national nuclear medicine and motility societies. Other techniques are somewhat more esoteric (eg, measurement of gastric accommodation with single-photon emission computed tomography) or the scintigraphic approach is not the acknowledged gold standard (eg, colonic transit, rectoanal angle, and emptying, esophageal transit). The performance characteristics of many of the scintigraphic measurements have been published and the pros and cons established in the literature. Pharmacologic interventions may also be used during scintigraphy to aid in diagnosis and treatment. Gastrointestinal scintigraphy is an integral and important component of the assessment of gastrointestinal function.
AB - The measurement of gastrointestinal functions by the use of scintigraphy is established in clinical practice and research. The most commonly used test is the gastric-emptying test, which is acknowledged as the gold standard to measure gastric motility and is conducted according to a consensus statement from the national nuclear medicine and motility societies. Other techniques are somewhat more esoteric (eg, measurement of gastric accommodation with single-photon emission computed tomography) or the scintigraphic approach is not the acknowledged gold standard (eg, colonic transit, rectoanal angle, and emptying, esophageal transit). The performance characteristics of many of the scintigraphic measurements have been published and the pros and cons established in the literature. Pharmacologic interventions may also be used during scintigraphy to aid in diagnosis and treatment. Gastrointestinal scintigraphy is an integral and important component of the assessment of gastrointestinal function.
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U2 - 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.11.002
DO - 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.11.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 19341838
AN - SCOPUS:63049140085
SN - 0001-2998
VL - 39
SP - 186
EP - 194
JO - Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
JF - Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
IS - 3
ER -