Table 1.
Grade 1: Mild | Symptoms easily controlled |
Regular diet/minor dietary modifications helps to maintain normal nutritional status | |
Grade 2: Compensated | Moderate symptoms that are reasonably controlled with prokinetics and anti-emetics |
Maintenance of nutrition with diet/lifestyle changes | |
Hospitalizations-infrequent | |
Grade 3: Gastric failure | Refractory symptoms |
Inadequate nutrition | |
Needing hospitalization for therapy and nutritional supplementation (either enteral or parenteral) | |
May need surgical or endoscopic intervention or gastric "pacemaker" |
Originated from Abell et al[27].