...Oleksandr Khoma; Maite Jeanne Mendu; Amita Nandini Sen; Hans Van der Wall; Gregory Leighton Falk Introduction: Severe oesophageal dysmotility is associated with treatment-resistant reflux and pulmonary reflux aspiration. Delayed solid gastric emptying has been associated with oesophageal...

... in gastric emptying, increase in ghrelin, and decrease in leptin. The aim was to investigate the correlation between gastroduodenal (GD) symptoms, gastric emptying, and serum levels of active ghrelin and leptin in IBD. Twenty-seven IBD patients and 26 healthy volunteers were asked to complete the Porto...

... accommodation, delayed gastric emptying, hypersensitivity to gastric distention and to luminal agents, altered mucosal integrity, low-grade inflammation and psychological stress are reviewed. The underlying pathophysiology in FD is probably multifactorial, involving a combination of several of these factors...

... of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va USA Clinical Significance of Gastric Myoelectrical Dysrhythmias Key Words Gastric dysrhythmia Electrogastrography Gastric motility Gastric emptying Abstract Normal rhythmic myoelectrical activity of the human stom­ ach is 3 cpm, regulating gastric contractile activity...

... may be the cause of dyspepsia symptoms. A practical approach to the evaluation and treatment of dyspepsia symptoms attributed to gastric neuromuscular dysfunction of unknown origin is described. 4 11 2008 Dyspepsia, diagnosis Gastric dysrhythmias Gastric emptying Gastroparesis ©...

... generation include delayed gastric emptying, impaired gastric accommodation to a meal, hypersensitivity to gastric distention, altered duodenal sensitivity to lipids or acid, abnormal duodenojejunal motility, and others. Pathogenetic factors implicated in the occurrence of FD include genetic susceptibility...

...G. Karamanolis; J. Tack Gastrointestinal promotility drugs stimulate smooth muscle contractions to enhance gastric emptying and small and large bowel transit. Currently available drug classes with prokinetic properties include antidopaminergic agents, serotonergic agents, and motilin-receptor...

... gastrointestinal motor abnormalities. Helicobacter pylori infection may play a role in this context. Both interdigestive and postprandial gastrointestinal motility, mainly a delayed gastric emptying and an altered intragastric distribution of nutrients, have been described to be disturbed in up to half...

...Ioannis Petrakis; George Chalkiadakis; Nicolaos Vrachassotakis; Vincenzo Sciacca; Sofocles Vassilakis; Evagelos Xynos Background: Erythromycin has been found to be a gastrointestinal prokinetic agent of hypertonic liquids, while acute hyperglycemia has been associated with delayed gastric emptying...