American Journal of Gastroenterology ISSN 0002-9270 C © 2008 by Am. Coll. of Gastroenterology doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01636.x Published by Blackwell Publishing Consensus Recommendations for Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy: A Joint Report of the Americ

This consensus statement from the members of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and the Society of Nuclear Medicine recommends a standardized method for measuring gastric emptying (GE) by scintigraphy. A low-fat, egg-white meal with imaging at 0, 1, 2, and 4 h after meal ingestion, as described by a published multicenter protocol, provides standardized information about normal and delayed GE. Adoption of this standardized protocol will resolve the lack of uniformity of testing, add reliability and credibility to the results, and improve the clinical utility of the GE test. (Am J Gastroenterol 2008;103:753–763