Diabetic gastroparesis: pathophysiology, evaluation and management

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2012 Aug;73(8):451-6. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.8.451.

Abstract

As the incidence of diabetes mellitus inexorably rises, the burden of its complications is becoming increasingly problematic. Among the most bothersome, but often under-recognized, inadequately investigated and poorly managed, is diabetic gastroparesis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antiemetics / therapeutic use
  • Diabetes Complications / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Complications / physiopathology*
  • Diabetes Complications / therapy*
  • Diet
  • Gastroparesis / diagnosis
  • Gastroparesis / physiopathology*
  • Gastroparesis / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Jejunostomy / methods
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Antiemetics