Studies of gastric emptying time in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia.

Purpose: To assess the gastric emptying pattern of a standardized solid meal in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia by using scintigraphic techniques.

Methods: Results for the half-emptying time for solids (T1/2) and percent clearance of solid meal at 60 min (C60) of patients (n=35) having non-ulcer dyspepsia according to Rome II criteria were compared with age- and sex-matched controls (n=28). Gastric emptying was studied by using egg omelette labelled with Tc tin colloid.