Open AccessReproducibility of the 13C-Octanoic Acid Breath Test for Assessment of Gastric Emptying in Healthy Preterm Infants
Author(s) -
Christopher Barnett,
Antonie Snel,
Taher Omari,
Geoff Davidson,
Ross Haslam,
Ross N. Butler
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-4801
pISSN - 0277-2116
DOI - 10.1097/00005176-199907000-00009
Subject(s) - gastric emptying , reproducibility , breath test , medicine , gastroenterology , population , stomach , chromatography , chemistry , environmental health , helicobacter pylori
The 13C-octanoic acid breath test has been used to measure gastric emptying in preterm infants, but the reproducibility of the test has not been evaluated in this population.