Assessing Gastroparesis & Functional Dyspepsia: Should We Use Gastric Emptying Tests?

Host: Peter Buch, MD, FACG, AGAF, FACP
Guest: Reena Chokshi, MD

Gastric emptying tests may be used for patients with gastroparesis and functional dyspepsia. But when it comes to assessing patients with symptoms, is it time to discard these tests? Find out with Dr. Peter Buch as he speaks with Dr. Reena Chokshi, Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and author of an editorial on this topic, titled Is It Time to Abandon Gastric Emptying in Patients With Symptoms of Gastroparesis and Functional Dyspepsia?, which was published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal in May 2021.