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Simplified assessment of segmental colonic transit
Amanda M. Metcalf,Sidney F. Phillips,Alan R. Zinsmeister,Robert L. MacCarty,Robert W. Beart,Bruce G. Wolff +5 more
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The single-film technique is simple, convenient for clinical usage, and reduces the exposure to radiation to acceptable levels and there should be a role for this approach in the evaluation of colonic transit in selected patients.About:
This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 1987-01-01. It has received 872 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Colonic inertia.read more
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Defecation frequency and timing, and stool form in the general population: a prospective study.
TL;DR: It is concluded that conventionally normal bowel function is enjoyed by less than half the population and that, in this aspect of human physiology, younger women are especially disadvantaged.
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Functional Anorectal Disorders
TL;DR: Functional fecal incontinence is a common, but underrecognized symptom, which is equally prevalent in men and women, and can often cause considerable distress, and the clinical features are useful for guiding diagnostic testing and therapy.
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American Gastroenterological Association Technical Review on Constipation
TL;DR: This update will identify a rational, efficacious, and ideally cost-effective approach to patients with constipation by updating the previous technical review with material sourced from recent reviews on chronic constipation.
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Abnormal Intestinal Permeability in Subgroups of Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndromes
Simon P. Dunlop,John M. Hebden,Eugene Campbell,Jorgen Naesdal,Lars Olbe,Alan C. Perkins,Robin C. Spiller +6 more
TL;DR: Small intestinal permeability is frequently abnormal in diarrhea-predominant IBS, and those without a history of infectious onset appear to have a more severe defect.
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Detection of pseudodiarrhoea by simple clinical assessment of intestinal transit rate.
TL;DR: The view that inhibition of acid production is more likely to heal duodenal ulceration associated with Crohn's disease than steroid treatment, which may lead to complications such as perforation or haemorrhage is supported.
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A new method for studying gut transit times using radioopaque markers
TL;DR: A normal range has been established by studying 25 normal subjects and all passed the first marker within three days and most passed 80% of the markers within five days.
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Segmental colonic transit time
Pierre Arhan,Ghislain Devroede,B. Jehannin,Michel Lanza,Claude Faverdin,Catherine Dornic,Bernard Persoz,Léon Tétreault,Bernard J. Perey,Denys Pellerin +9 more
TL;DR: There are regional differences within the colon in relation to age and a relative stagnation in the rectosigmoid area of children, which may have implications in diseased states.
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Mechanisms of Idiopathic Constipation: Outlet Obstruction
TL;DR: Anorectal myectomy was performed in 62 patients suffering from symptoms attrib¬uted to ineffective colonic motility and one year after myectomy in the 50 patients with less than three stools per week the average number of stoolsper week increased.
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Organic and functional disorders in 2000 gastroenterology outpatients
TL;DR: To determine the relative frequency of different diseases and of functional gastrointestinal disorders among patients referred by general practitioners to a gastroenterology clinic, 2000 patients referred over a five-year period were studied.
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Measurement of the mean transit time of dietary residue through the human gut.
TL;DR: Evidence is produced which suggests that the MTT-S is a more accurate and reproducible method than the 80% TT, and wide variations from week to week even on controlled dietary intakes.