Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide
Gastroparesis
DEFINITION
- Delayed gastric emptying in the absence of a mechanical gastric outlet obstruction
- The result of hyperglycemia-associated autonomic dysfunction and vagus nerve damage
- Absence of other etiologies of delayed gastric emptying (e.g. narcotics, previous vagotomy)
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Last updated: June 2, 2018
Citation
Lee, Clare J, et al. "Gastroparesis." Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547057/all/Gastroparesis.
Lee CJ, Pickett-Blakely O, Huizinga M. Gastroparesis. Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547057/all/Gastroparesis. Accessed October 29, 2025.
Lee, C. J., Pickett-Blakely, O., & Huizinga, M. (2018). Gastroparesis. In Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547057/all/Gastroparesis
Lee CJ, Pickett-Blakely O, Huizinga M. Gastroparesis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2025 October 29]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Diabetes_Guide/547057/all/Gastroparesis.
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