Rapid Gastric Emptying of an Oral Glucose Solution in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

• Published in: The Journal of nuclear medicine (1978) Vol. 33; no. 8; p. 1496
• Main Authors: Phillips, William T, Schwartz, Joyce G, McMahan, C. Alex
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Soc Nuclear Med 01.08.1992
• Subjects: Administration, Oral; Adult; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnostic imaging; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Female; Gastric Emptying - physiology; Glucose - administration & dosage; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Radionuclide Imaging; Solutions; Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; Time Factors

Gastric emptying of a liquid glucose meal was measured with scintigraphic techniques in nine recently diagnosed Type 2 diabetic patients and nine sex- and age-matched nondiabetic control subjects. Seven of the nine Type 2 diabetic patients were receiving oral hypoglycemic therapy which was discontin...