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Management of Dyspepsia and Gastroparesis in Patients with Diabetes. A Clinical Point of View in the Year 2021

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Bonetto, Silvia, Gruden, Gabriella, Beccuti, Guglielmo, Ferro, Arianna, Saracco, Giorgio Maria, Pellicano, Rinaldo·2021·Journal of Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a widespread disease, and represents an important public health burden worldwide. Together with cardiovascular, renal and neurological complications, many patients with diabetes present with gastrointestinal symptoms, which configure the so-called diabetic enteropathy. In this review, we will focus on upper gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with diabetes, with particular attention to dyspepsia and diabetic gastroparesis (DG). These two clinical entities share similar pathogenetic mechanisms, which include autonomic neuropathy, alterations in enteric nervous system and histological abnormalities, such as interstitial cells of Cajal depletion. Moreover, the differential diagnosis may be challenging because of overlapping clinical features. Delayed gastric emptying should be documented to differentiate between DG and dyspepsia and it can be assessed through radioactive or non-radioactive methods. The clinical management of dyspepsia includes a wide range of different approaches, above all Helicobacter pylori test and treat. As regards DG treatment, a central role is played by dietary modification and glucose control and the first-line pharmacological therapy is represented by the use of prokinetics. A minority of patients with DG refractory to medical treatment may require more invasive therapeutic approaches, including supplemental nutrition, gastric electric stimulation, pyloromyotomy and gastrectomy.

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  • Prokinetics, such as metoclopramide and erythromycin, modify emptying times and may require earlier or split bolus dosing to avoid early hypoglycemia.

    “Prokinetics, such as metoclopramide and erythromycin, modifies emptying times and may require earlier or split bolus dosing to avoid early hypoglycemia [2, 3, 14, 119, 120]”

    From Diabetic gastroparesis: pathophysiology and impact on insulin timing choices (2026) · cites this paper as [119]

    Section 6 (page unavailable) says prokinetics improve gastric motility and that metoclopramide improves gastric emptying; Section 7 identifies metoclopramide and erythromycin as prokinetic treatments. Neither section recommends earlier or split insulin boluses or links those dosing changes to preventing early hypoglycemia. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Bonetto, S., Gruden, G., Beccuti, G., Ferro, A., Saracco, G. M., & Pellicano, R.
Affiliations
  • Fondazione Ricerca Molinette (IT)
  • University of Turin (IT)
Corresponding author
Bonetto, Silvia
Venue
Journal of Clinical Medicine
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-03-23
Volume
10
Issue
6
Pages
1313
ISSN
2077-0383 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3137603161
Cited by
26
References
68
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1
FWCI
0.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Clinical Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
diabetic gastroparesis, dyspepsia, diabetes mellitus, diabetic enteropathy, autonomic neuropathy, delayed gastric emptying, interstitial cells of Cajal, prokinetic agents, Helicobacter pylori, dietary change, glycemic control, gastric electrical stimulation, pyloromyotomy, gastrectomy, enteral nutrition

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