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Appendix: Electrical Safety
Select Gastric Emptying
Use GET to evaluate the patient’s gastric emptying function. Generally, an abrupt
increase of 3 or more pH units occurs as the capsule exits the stomach and enters the
duodenum.
Term
Definition
Gastric emptying
The beginning of the first increase in pH that results in a sustained pH rise.
Sustained pH increase
No transient pH drops occur for greater than 10 minutes.
Caution
Medications, therapies, and diseases may alter gastric or small bowel pH. Alterations in gastric and/or small
bowel pH may mask the physiological pH landmark for gastric emptying time.
1. Click Mark gastric emptying on the graph.
2. Move cursor over to the MotiliGI graph and click on the graph where you believe
gastric emptying occurred.
3. Click Next >.