NMT 631 (Exam 3) Gastric Emptying Exam Answered Correctly!!!

NMT 631 (Exam 3) Gastric Emptying Exam Answered Correctly!!!

1. Gastric stasis (gastroparesis) delayed gastric emptying

2. Gastric Stasis nausea, bloating, epigastric pain, early satiation
(Gastroparesis) symptoms

3. Clinical Indications Postprandial
1. nausea, vomiting
2. upper abdominal discomfort, bloating
3. chronic

aspiration Suspected

Gastroparesis

Use of Reglan (discontinue for test)

4. How radioactive tracer is used? Uses a radioactive material, inserted in either
a solid meal
or liquid or both combined

5. What is the purpose of the study? measures speed at which food or liquid is
digested (emp-
tied) through the stomach and enters into the small
intes- tine.

6. Three study types 1. Solid-phase study
only
2. Liquid phase study only
3. Combined Solid and Liquid phase study

7. Radiopharmaceutical 9. Radiopharmaceutical dosage
(Solid phase study only) (Liquid phase study only)

8. Radiopharmaceutical
(Liquid phase study only)
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, NMT 631 (Exam 3) Gastric Emptying Exam Answered Correctly!!!

99mTc-Sulfur Colloid (SC)


99mTC-Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic
acid (DTPA) or In-111-DTPA

500uCi 99mTC DTPA (if doing liquid phase
alone) or 125uCi In-111-DTPA




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