In:
Science Translational Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vol. 14, No. 663 ( 2022-09-21)
Abstract:
Nausea and vomiting syndromes (NVSs) are heterogenous and difficult to diagnose. Body surface gastric mapping (BSGM) uses electrodes to monitor gastric activity to uncover aberrant gastric electrical patterns. Here, Gharibans et al. used the Gastric Alimetry BSGM system consisting of an array of electrodes worn over the stomach region, a reader, and a symptom-logging app to study NVS. Over the course of a test meal, differences in myoelectrical activity were detected in 43 patients with NVS compared to controls. Within patients with NVS, they identified two subgroups, one of which had comparable spectral and spatial metrics to controls. In patients with abnormal spectral and spatial metrics, severity of gastrointestinal symptoms correlated with BSGM metrics. This noninvasive mapping system could help characterize gastric dysmotility.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1946-6234
,
1946-6242
DOI:
10.1126/scitranslmed.abq3544
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date:
2022
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