Open AccessGastric food retention at endoscopy is associated with severity of liver cirrhosis
Author(s) -
David Snell,
Shirley CohenMekelburg,
Russell Weg,
Gaurav Ghosh,
Adam Buckholz,
Amit Mehta,
Xiaoyue Ma,
Paul J. Christos,
Arun Jesudian
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v11.i11.725
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , gastric emptying , population , liver disease , endoscopy , stomach , environmental health
Gastrointestinal symptoms are prevalent in patients with cirrhosis. Cirrhotic patients have a known predilection to delayed gastric emptying compared to those without cirrhosis. However, the contributing factors have not been fully elucidated. Retained gastric food on esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) has been used as a surrogate marker for delayed gastric emptying with reasonably high specificity. Therefore, we hypothesize that the frequency of retained gastric food contents at EGD will be higher in a cirrhotic population compared to a control population without liver disease. Additionally, we hypothesize that increased frequency of gastric food contents will be associated with increased severity of cirrhosis.