The Digestive Health Center offers a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating gastroparesis.
Conditions Treated
- Diabetics
- Idiopathic gastroparesis
- Post injections
Testing Options
- EGD
- Gastric emptying study for solids for 4 hours
- Labs:
- Glu
- HbA1c
- TSH
- Smart pill study or octanoic acid breath test
- Solid phase gastric emptying
Treatment Options
- Antiemetic
- Antinausea medication
- Diet
- Restoration of fluids and electrolytes
- Optimization of glycemic control in DM
- Dietician
- Frequent small volume nutrient meals: low in fat and soluble fiber
- Feeding tube placement
- Gastric pacemaker placement
- Medications:
- Metoclopramide
- Erythromycin
- Domperidone
- Subtotal gastrectomy
