January 1, 2016Gastroenterology ResearchOpen Access

Autonomic Evaluation of Patients With Gastroparesis and Neurostimulation: Comparisons of Direct/Systemic and Indirect/Cardiac Measures

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Why the study?

Does gastric neuromodulation alter autonomic function as measured by systemic testing and heart rate variability in patients with gastroparesis?

Population

79 patients with gastroparesis undergoing gastric neuromodulation, comprising three groups: 39 patients…

Comparison

Gastric neuromodulation vs Baseline (pre-intervention)

Design

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Authors

ASAbigail StockerUniversity of Louisville TAThomas L. AbellUniversity of Louisville HRHani RashedUniversity of Louisville

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Implication

Gastric neuromodulation may affect autonomic function in gastroparesis; leaves open whether HRV reliably tracks changes in larger trials.

Structured PICO

Does gastric neuromodulation alter autonomic function as measured by systemic testing and heart rate variability in patients with gastroparesis?

Population

79 patients with gastroparesis undergoing gastric neuromodulation, comprising three groups: 39 patients (mean age 38, 33 females) undergoing systemic autonomic testing, 35 patients (mean age 37, 28 females) undergoing systemic autonomic testing and heart rate variability, and a pilot group of 5 patients with diabetic gastroparesis (mean age 48.6, all females).

Intervention

Gastric neuromodulation (gastric electrical stimulation or electroacupuncture)

Comparator

Baseline (pre-intervention)

Outcome

Changes in systemic autonomic testing and heart rate variabilitysurrogate

Gastric neuromodulation alters autonomic function in patients with gastroparesis, and heart rate variability may serve as a useful indirect measure of these autonomic changes.

Limitations

Small sample size in the pilot study
Lack of a full head-to-head comparison

Cite This Study

Stocker et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a7613755d28965dfd6aed https://doi.org/10.14740/gr667w

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Autonomic Evaluation of Patients With Gastroparesis and Neurostimulation: Comparisons of Direct/Systemic and Indirect/Cardiac Measures

Discussion

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Limitations

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Autonomic Evaluation of Patients With Gastroparesis and Neurostimulation: Comparisons of Direct/Systemic and Indirect/Cardiac Measures

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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