Factors related to abdominal pain in gastroparesis: contrast to patients with predominant nausea and vomiting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Factors associated with abdominal pain in gastroparesis are incompletely evaluated and comparisons of pain vs other symptoms are limited. This study related pain to clinical factors in gastroparesis and contrasted pain/discomfort- with nausea/vomiting-predominant disease.

Methods

Clinical and scintigraphy data were compared in 393 patients from seven centers of the NIDDK Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium with moderate-severe (Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Symptoms [PAGI-SYM] score ≥ 3) vs none-mild (PAGI-SYM < 3) upper abdominal pain and predominant pain/discomfort vs nausea/vomiting.

Key results

Upper abdominal pain was moderate-severe in 261 (66%). Pain/discomfort was predominant in 81 (21%); nausea/vomiting was predomina

SUBMITTER: Hasler WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907086 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature