Pediatric gastric emptying: Value of right lateral and upright positioning

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1356-1358

  Villanueva Meyer, Javier ^a,b   Swischuk, Leonard E ^a   Cesani, Fernando ^a   Ali, Seham A ^a   Briscoe, Elma ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

delayed gastric emptying; gastroesophageal reflux; pediatric gastric emptying; technetium 99m sulphur colloid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STOMACH EMPTYING; SUPINE POSITION; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTURE; STOMACH; SUPINE POSITION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029775851     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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