Validity of 13C octanoic acid breath test for measurement of solid meal gastric emptying time in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2062-2065

  Eradi, B ^a   Wright, J ^b   Gibbons, Nicola J ^b   Blackshaw, P Elaine ^b   Perkins, Alan C ^b   Wakefield, Jennifer ^b   Sithole, J ^b   Singh, Shailinder Jit ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C Octanoic acid breath test; Children; Gastric emptying; Physiologic range

Indexed keywords

OCTANOIC ACID C 13; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; OCTANOIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TECHNETIUM;

ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EXCRETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCTANOIC ACID C 13 BREATH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH EMPTYING; TEST MEAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; OCTANOIC ACIDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845209123     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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