Colonic transit time in constipated children: Does pediatric slow-transit constipation exist?
Colonic transit time in constipated children: Does pediatric slow-transit constipation exist?
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DOI:
10.1097/00005176-199610000-00007
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发表时间:
1996-10-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Taminiau, JAJM
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作者:
Benninga, MA;Buller, HA;Taminiau, JAJM
In adults, slow-transit constipation is a well-established form of constipation with abdominal pain and an empty rectum on examination. Marker studies in these patients, mainly women, show a markedly slowed transit time in all colonic segments. No studies in constipated children are available that assess the existence of slow-transit constipation. In a prospective study, a total of 94 referred constipated pediatric patients, 63 boys and 31 girls (median age, 8.0 years), underwent colonic-transit-time measurements using radioopaque markers to evaluate the pattern of transit. In addition, orocecal-transit-time measurements using the hydrogen breath (lactulose) test, anorectal manometry, and behavior studies using the Child Behavior Checklist were performed in all children. Based on the upper limit (mean + 2 SD) of total colonic transit time (CTT) in constipated children, we arbitrarily separated patients into two groups. Children with CTTs >100 h were said to have pediatric slow-transit constipation (PSTC), while patients with CTTs