Beyond the Standard Meal

Standardized guidelines for meals used in adult gastric emptying studies (GES) have been available since 2009; however, there is still great variability in the diets that are clinically used in these studies. The purpose of this retrospective study is to perform an observational analysis of GES meals that are used within a national radiology practice to assess for compliance. It is hypothesized that despite having well-validated standardized meal protocols, there remains great variability in its use and interpretation.