Diabetes - Gastroparesis
Recommendations and Evidence
Gastroparesis is defined as abnormal gastric motility and delayed gastric emptying in the absence of physical obstruction (1, 2, 3). Diabetic gastroparesis is an autonomic complication of diabetes with multi-factorial causes (4). Several risk factors have been identified in the development of gastroparesis including diabetes duration of >10 years, elevated A1C levels and the presence of microvascular and/or macrovascular complications (2).
The exact pathogenesis of diabetic gastroparesis is