Delayed gastric emptying

Delayed gastric emptying

Template:Search infobox Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Delayed gastric emptying

Common Causes

• Diabetes mellitus type 2
• Diabetes mellitus type 1
• Anticholinergics
• Narcotics
• Phenothiazines
• Pregnancy
• Sclerodema
• Vagotomy
• Systemic sclerosis

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Tricyclic antidepressants , Phenothiazines, Octreotide, Narcotics , Muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonists , Glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 agonists, Amylin analogues,Dopamine agonists , Cholangiocarcinoma, Calcium channel blockers ,Anticholinergics, Alpha-2-adrenergic agonists
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Hypothyroidism, Hypoparathyroidism, Diabetes mellitus type 2, Diabetes mellitus type 1
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Ulcers in first portion of duodenum, Pyloric stenosis, Pyloric channel ulcer, Pancreatic pseudocyst, Pancreatic cancer, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, Gastric polyps, Gastric cancer, Duodenal cancer, Abdominal migraine
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	Surgery on the stomach or vagus nerve, Complication of stomach surgery for ulcer disease or weight loss,Vagotomy
Infectious Disease	Rotavirus , Postviral syndromes, Norwalk virus , AIDS , Acute viral infection
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	Primary dysautonomias, Parkinson's disease, Brainstem stroke or tumor , Autonomic neuropathy, Autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility
Nutritional/Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Pregnancy
Oncologic	Ampullary cancer
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	Psychogenic, vomiting, Depression, Bulimia, Anxiety neurosis, Anorexia nervosa
Pulmonary	Small cell lung cancer
Renal/Electrolyte	Kidney failure, Hypomagnesemia, Hypokalemia
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Systemic sclerosis, Sclerodema, Polymyositis, Lupus
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Myotonic dystrophy, Idiopathic, Congenital obstruction, Bouveret Syndrome, Amyloidosis , Amyloid neuropathy

Causes in Alphabetical Order

Abdominal migraine Acute viral infection AIDS Alpha-2-adrenergic agonists Ampullary cancer Amyloid neuropathy Amyloidosis Anorexia nervosa Anticholinergics Anxiety neurosis Autoimmune gastrointestinal dysmotility Autonomic neuropathy Bouveret Syndrome Brainstem stroke or tumor Bulimia Calcium channel blockers Cholangiocarcinoma Complication of stomach surgery for ulcer disease or weight loss Congenital obstruction Depression Diabetes mellitus type 1 Diabetes mellitus type 2 Dopamine agonists Duodenal cancer Gastric cancer Gastric polyps Gastroesophageal reflux disease (rarely) Glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 agonists and amylin analogues Hypokalemia Hypomagnesemia Hypoparathyroidism

Hypothyroidism Idiopathic Kidney failure Lupus Medications, particularly anticholinergics and narcotics (drugs that slow contractions in the intestine) Muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonists Myotonic dystrophy Narcotics Norwalk virus Octreotide Pancreatic cancer Pancreatic pseudocyst Parkinson's disease Phenothiazines Polymyositis Postviral syndromes Pregnancy Primary dysautonomias Psychogenic vomiting Pyloric channel ulcer Pyloric stenosis Rotavirus Sclerodema Small cell lung cancer Surgery on the stomach or vagus nerve Systemic sclerosis Tricyclic antidepressants Ulcers in first portion of duodenum Vagotomy Viral infection

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Acknowledgements

The content on this page was first contributed by Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]

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