Is the correction factor used in the breath test assessment of gastric emptying appropriate for use in infants?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 332-334

  Omari, Taher I ^a,b   Symonds, Erin ^a   Davidson, Geoffrey P ^a   Butler, Ross N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breath testing; Correction factor; Gastric emptying; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; OCTANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24644470906     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000168994.29181.c4     Document Type: Article

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