TY - JOUR
T1 - Mouth to pouch transit after restorative proctocolectomy
T2 - Hydrogen breath analysis correlates with scintigraphy
AU - Ternent, Charles A.
AU - Thorson, Alan G.
AU - Blatchford, Garnet J.
AU - Christensen, Mark A.
AU - Thompson, Jon S.
AU - Lanspa, Stephen J.
AU - Adrian, Thomas E.
PY - 2001/5
Y1 - 2001/5
N2 - objectives: Fast intestinal transit may be responsible for slow adaptation and unacceptable steady-state function after restorative proctocolectomy. Investigation of Gi transit time may be valuable in such a setting. We hypothesized that postprandial hydrogen breath tests may yield transit data that correlate with technetium-labeled meal scintigrams. METHODS: This study compared intestinal transit after a lactulose and bean meal via the breath hydrogen and scintigraphy methods in 21 ileoanal pouch subjects. The meal consisted of baked beans (425 g), 30 ml (20 g) lactulose syrup, 1 mCi99mtechnetium sulfur colloid in finely chopped liver and 170 ml tap water. The meal contained 120 Kcal (70% carbohydrate, 18% protein and 12% fat). RESULTS: Of 21 pouch subjects, 11 (53%) had breath tests and scintigraphy transit studies that differed by 5-21 min. Three of 21 (14%) scintigraphy mouth to pouch transit times were faster than breath test transits by 43-107 min. Seven of 21 (33%) subjects did not have breath test peaks >10 ppm. Mouth to pouch transit for breath hydrogen (104 ± 16 min) and scintigraphy (98 ± 7 min) tests had significant correlation (r = 0.96, p < 0.0001) among subjects with alveolar hydrogen peaks and accurate scintigrams (n = 11). Scintigrams were five times more expensive than breath tests. CONCLUSIONS: A peaking hydrogen breath test provides an alternative to scintigraphy for estimating intestinal transit after ileoanal pouch.
AB - objectives: Fast intestinal transit may be responsible for slow adaptation and unacceptable steady-state function after restorative proctocolectomy. Investigation of Gi transit time may be valuable in such a setting. We hypothesized that postprandial hydrogen breath tests may yield transit data that correlate with technetium-labeled meal scintigrams. METHODS: This study compared intestinal transit after a lactulose and bean meal via the breath hydrogen and scintigraphy methods in 21 ileoanal pouch subjects. The meal consisted of baked beans (425 g), 30 ml (20 g) lactulose syrup, 1 mCi99mtechnetium sulfur colloid in finely chopped liver and 170 ml tap water. The meal contained 120 Kcal (70% carbohydrate, 18% protein and 12% fat). RESULTS: Of 21 pouch subjects, 11 (53%) had breath tests and scintigraphy transit studies that differed by 5-21 min. Three of 21 (14%) scintigraphy mouth to pouch transit times were faster than breath test transits by 43-107 min. Seven of 21 (33%) subjects did not have breath test peaks >10 ppm. Mouth to pouch transit for breath hydrogen (104 ± 16 min) and scintigraphy (98 ± 7 min) tests had significant correlation (r = 0.96, p < 0.0001) among subjects with alveolar hydrogen peaks and accurate scintigrams (n = 11). Scintigrams were five times more expensive than breath tests. CONCLUSIONS: A peaking hydrogen breath test provides an alternative to scintigraphy for estimating intestinal transit after ileoanal pouch.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02362-0
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02362-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 11374683
AN - SCOPUS:0035007743
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 96
SP - 1460
EP - 1463
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 5
ER -