Gastric Motility Disorders in Dogs and Cats

Roman Husnik; Frédéric Gaschen

doi:10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.09.002

Gastric Motility Disorders in Dogs and Cats

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2021 Jan;51(1):43-59. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.09.002.

Authors

Roman Husnik¹, Frédéric Gaschen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 625 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. Electronic address: husnikr@gmail.com.
² Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.

PMID: 33187622
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.09.002

Abstract

Gastric motility disorders present both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and likely are under-recognized in small animal practice. This review includes a comparative overview of etiopathogenesis and clinical presentation of gastric motility disorders, suggests a practical approach to the diagnosis of these conditions, and provides an update on methods to evaluate gastric motor function. Furthermore, management of gastric dysmotility is discussed, including a review of the documented effect of gastric prokinetics.

Keywords: Critical illness-related motility disorder; Gastric emptying; Gastrointestinal; Postoperative ileus; Prokinetic; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cat Diseases / diagnosis*
Cat Diseases / therapy
Cats
Dog Diseases / diagnosis*
Dog Diseases / therapy
Dogs
Gastric Emptying
Ileus / diagnosis
Ileus / veterinary*
Postoperative Complications / veterinary