TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis and treatment of gastric motility disorders
AU - Hall, J. A.
AU - Washabau, R. J.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - A disorder of gastric motility should be suspected in patients with chronic vomiting. Imaging studies are used to confirm delayed gastric emptying, the most common form of a gastric motility disorder. Other causes of chronic vomiting, for example, metabolic or endocrine disorders, other abdominal disorders, mechanical causes of gastric obstruction, and lower gastrointestinal tract disease, are then ruled out. If no underlying cause is determined, a functional disorder of gastric emptying is presumptively diagnosed. Treatment consists of dietary management and gastric prokinetic agents. Cisapride is the drug of choice for treating delayed gastric emptying followed by erythromycin and ranitidine or nizatidine.
AB - A disorder of gastric motility should be suspected in patients with chronic vomiting. Imaging studies are used to confirm delayed gastric emptying, the most common form of a gastric motility disorder. Other causes of chronic vomiting, for example, metabolic or endocrine disorders, other abdominal disorders, mechanical causes of gastric obstruction, and lower gastrointestinal tract disease, are then ruled out. If no underlying cause is determined, a functional disorder of gastric emptying is presumptively diagnosed. Treatment consists of dietary management and gastric prokinetic agents. Cisapride is the drug of choice for treating delayed gastric emptying followed by erythromycin and ranitidine or nizatidine.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0195-5616(99)50027-2
DO - 10.1016/s0195-5616(99)50027-2
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10202795
AN - SCOPUS:0032903421
SN - 0195-5616
VL - 29
SP - 377
EP - 395
JO - Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice
JF - Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice
IS - 2
ER -