Anales españoles de pediatría
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Clinical Trial
[Gastric emptying in children with gastroesophageal reflux. Evaluation by real time ultrasonography of the pyloric antrum].
We have studied gastric emptying using real time ultrasound in 25 healthy children and 25 children with RGE. Our aim was to establish the time and mode of gastric emptying and the volume and the degree of antral dilation in both groups at baseline and after a test meal. We also evaluated the same parameters in the RGE cases after supplying a prokinetic. ⋯ Children suffering from RGE show an alteration in gastric emptying with a clearly greater time and an anomalous mode of emptying. The antrum remained dilated for longer periods after ingestion of test food.