A Simple, Realistic Stochastic Model of Gastric Emptying

Jiraphat Yokrattanasak, Andrea De Gaetano, Simona Panunzi, Pairote Satiracoo, Wayne M Lawton and Yongwimon Lenbury

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: Several models of Gastric Emptying (GE) have been employed in the past to represent the rate of delivery of stomach contents to the duodenum and jejunum. These models have all used a deterministic form (algebraic equations or ordinary differential equations), considering GE as a continuous, smooth process in time. However, GE is known to occur as a sequence of spurts, irregular both in size and in timing. Hence, we formulate a simple stochastic process model, able to represent the irregular decrements of gastric contents after a meal. The model is calibrated on existing literature data and provides consistent predictions of the observed variability in the emptying trajectories. This approach may be useful in metabolic modeling, since it describes well and explains the apparently heterogeneous GE experimental results in situations where common gastric mechanics across subjects would be expected.

Date: 2016
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