Gastric Emptying

PHILADELPHIA — An ingestible gas-sensing capsule from Atmo Biosciences showed “substantial agreement” with the discontinued Medtronic wireless motility device for measuring regional transit times in gastrointestinal motility disorders.

Adults with diabetes who used a GLP-1 receptor agonist and underwent surgery requiring general anesthesia had similar odds for postsurgical complications as those receiving other oral diabetes medications, according to study data.

Healio handpicked a series of stories on gastroparesis to raise awareness and increase education during Gastroparesis Awareness Month.

August is Gastroparesis Awareness Month, and this year’s theme, “Living with GP,” acknowledges the challenges patients with gastroparesis face and how their stories can help advance diagnosis, treatment and care.

The American College of Gastroenterology has issued a new guideline for the diagnosis and management of gastroparesis, which recently was published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Gastric emptying studies may benefit patients with persistent symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis who do not respond to treatment, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Adults with severe obesity due to a melanocortin‐4 receptor deficiency have a longer gastric emptying time and lower peptide YY levels compared with age- and BMI-matched controls, according to study data.

Endoscopic pyloromyotomy, also known as gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy, bested sham procedure in symptom improvement and gastric emptying among patients with severe and refractory gastroparesis, according to a presenter at UEG Week.

Gastroparesis, a chronic and long-term gastrointestinal disorder, is estimated to burden 5 million individuals in the United States with crippling symptoms of delayed gastric emptying.

Baseline features of gastroparesis, identified with gastric motility testing, may help identify patient risk for more severe longitudinal symptoms and worse quality of life, according to study results.