Symptoms of delayed gastric emptying may include early satiety, nausea and vomiting after food.
Feeding through a gastrostomy tube in someone with delayed gastric emptying will result in gastric distention, discomfort, vomiting and a high risk of aspiration.
Such patients require the feeding tube to be positioned in the distal duodenum beyond the Ligament of Treitz (PEG-J).
It is important to order an isotope gastric emptying study in all diabetics and anyone else with suggestive symptoms prior to arranging PEG placement.
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Order gastric emptying study prior to PEG placement in diabetics.
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