Delayed Gastric Emptying of Semi-solid diets in Patients with Chagasic Megaesophagus
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Delayed Gastric Emptying of Semi-solid diets in Patients with Chagasic Megaesophagus
OBJECTIVE: To measure the time to gastric emptying of a semi-solid diet in individuals with Chagasic megaesophagus, in comparison with a non-Chagasic control group. METHOD: The time to gastric emptying of a semi-solid diet was assessed via ultrasonography in 28 patients with Chagasic megaesophagus (grades I, II, and III) and compared to that of a control group (n 1⁄4 15). After measurement of a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Express
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2318-8111
DOI: 10.5935/medicalexpress.2014.05.11