Gastrointestinal transit of solid-liquid meal in chronic alcoholics

• Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 917 - 923
• Main Authors: Wegener, M, Schaffstein, J, Dilger, U, Coenen, C, Wedmann, B, Schmidt, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.1991
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; alcohol abuse; Alcoholism - complications; Alcoholism - physiopathology; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - etiology; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology; Breath Tests; Constipation - etiology; Constipation - physiopathology; Diarrhea - etiology; Diarrhea - physiopathology; Female; foods; gastric emptying; Gastric Emptying - physiology; Gastrointestinal Transit - physiology; Humans; Hydrogen - analysis; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; transit time

Gastric emptying, mouth-to-cecum transit, and whole-gut transit of a solid-liquid meal were measured in 46 chronic alcoholics and in 30 control subjects by using scintigraphic techniques, hydrogen breath test, and stool markers. In the alcoholics various parameters such as ethanol consumption, gastr...