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Ultrasonic evaluation of gastric clearing in young infants

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Gastric emptying was determined using ultrasound in young infants. Gastric volume was calculated from anteroposterior, craniocaudal and laterolateral antral diameters. There was a linear decline of the logarithm of a gastric filling index over time in normal subjects. The mean clearing angle in normal subjects was 52° (range 45–59). Examples of significantly different clearing rates could be demonstrated in a variety of clinical conditions. In several subjects gastric emptying rate was not exponential. Ultrasound seems very promising for the study of gastric emptying, especially in young children.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Ultrasonography, Academic Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    L. Lambrecht & M. Afschrift

  2. Department Paediatrics, Academic Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    E. Robberecht & K. Deschynkel

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Lambrecht, L., Robberecht, E., Deschynkel, K. et al. Ultrasonic evaluation of gastric clearing in young infants. Pediatr Radiol 18, 314–318 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389000

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