Correlation of electrogastrography and gastric emptying rate estimated by 13C-octanoic acid breath test in healthy volunteers

Abstract

EGG and gastric emptying rate, assessed by 13C-octanoic acid breath test, are suitable non-invasive complementary methods to investigate the motor function of the stomach. The major parameters of electrogastrography and half-life of elimination (in 13C-octanoic acid breath test) mutually correlate in healthy subjects.

Keywords

• gastric emptying
• 13C-octanoic acid breath test
• electrogastrography
• healthy volunteers