Diagnosis of constipation in children

Annales Nestle

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Sauvat, Frédérique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Constipation; Hirschsprung's disease; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANOREXIA; ANUS; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; MALNUTRITION; MILK; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECTUM BIOPSY; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD; STOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34347385621     PISSN: 05178606     EISSN: 16614011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101715     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Constipation Guideline Committee of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: Evaluation and treatment of constipation in infants and children: recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2006c43:e1-e13.
2. van den Berg MM, Benninga MA, Di Lorenzo C: Epidemiology of childhood constipation: a systematic review. Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:2401-2409.
3. Khan S, Campo J, Bridge JA, et al: Long-term outcome of functional childhood constipation. Dig Dis Sci 2007;52:64-69.
4. Singh SJ, Arbuckle S, Little D, et al: Mortality due to constipation and short-segment Hirschsprung's disease. Pediatr Surg Int 2004;20:889-891.
5. Nurko S: What's the value of diagnostic tools in defecation disorders? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2005;41(suppl 1):S53-S55.
6. Drost J, Harris LA: Diagnosis and management of chronic constipation. JAAPA 2006;19:24-29.
7. Biggs WS, Dery WH: Evaluation and treatment of constipation in infants and children. Am Fam Physician 2006;73:469-477.
8. Drossman DA, Dumitrascu DL: Rome III: New standard for functional gastrointestinal disorders. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2006;15:237-241.
9. Rubin G, Dale A: Chronic constipation in children. BMJ 2006;333:1051-1055.
10. Remes-Troche JM, Rao SS: Diagnostic testing in patients with chronic constipation. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2006;8:416-424.
11. Safder S, Rewalt M, Elitsur Y: Digital rectal examination and the primary care physicians: a lost art? Clin Pediatr 2006;45:411-414.
12. Narbonne H, Paquis-Fluckinger V, Valero R, et al: Gastrointestinal tract symptoms in Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness (MIDD). Diabetes Metab 2004;30:61-66.
13. Barrueto F Jr, Wang-Flores HH, Howland MA, et al: Acute vitamin D intoxication in a child. Pediatrics 2005;116:e453-e456.
14. Wu MJ, Chang CS, Cheng CH, et al: Colonic transit time in long-term dialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 2004;44:322-327.
15. Manz F, Wentz A: The importance of good hydration for the prevention of chronic diseases. Nutr Rev 2005;63:S2-S5.
16. Kawai M, Kubota A, Ida S, et al: Cow's milk allergy presenting Hirschsprung's disease-mimicking symptoms. Pediatr Surg Int 2005;21:850-852.
17. Rashid M, Cranney A, Zarkadas M, et al: Celiac disease: evaluation of the diagnosis and dietary compliance in Canadian children. Pediatrics 2005;116:e754-e759.
18. Kessmann J: Hirschsprung's disease: diagnosis and management. Am Fam Physician 2006;74:1319-1322.
19. Attie T, Salomon R, Amiel J, et al: Genetics of Hirschsprung disease (in French). CR Seances Soc Biol Fil 1996;190:549-556.
20. Lyonnet S, Bolino A, Pelet A, et al: A gene for Hirschsprung disease maps to the proximal long arm of chromosome 10. Nat Genet 1993;4:346-350.
21. Blok S, Salomon R, Pelet A, et al: Segregation of three loci explains familial and population risks in Hirschsprung disease. Nat Genet 2002;31:89-93.
22. Amiel J, Lyonnet S: Hirschsprung disease, associated syndromes, and genetics: a review. J Med Genet 2001;38:729-739.
23. Swenson O: Hirschsprung's disease: a review. Pediatrics 2002;109:914-918.
24. Reding R, de Ville de Goyet J, Gosseye S, et al: Hirschsprung's disease: a 20-year experience. J Pediatr Surg 1997;32:1221-1225.
25. Polley TZ Jr, Coran AG, Wesley JR: A ten-year experience with ninety-two cases of Hirschsprung's disease. Including sixty-seven consecutive endorectal pull-through procedures. Ann Surg 1985;202:349-355.
26. Coran AG, Teitelbaum DH: Recent advances in the management of Hirschsprung's disease. Am J Surg 2000;180:382-387.
27. Stam H, Hartman EE, Deurloo JA, et al: Young adult patients with a history of pediatric disease: impact on course of life and transition into adulthood. J Adolesc Health 2006;39:4-13.
28. Tsuji H, Spitz L, Kiely EM, et al: Management and long-term follow-up of infants with total colonic aganglionosis. J Pediatr Surg 1999;34:158-162.
29. Jasonni V, Martucciello G: Total colonic aganglionosis. Semin Pediatr Surg 1998;7:174-180.
30. Escobar MA, Grosfeld JL, West KW, et al: Long-term outcomes in total colonic aganglionosis: a 32-year experience. J Pediatr Surg 2005;40:955-961.
31. Elhalaby EA, Teitelbaum DH, Coran AG, Heidelberger KP: Enterocolitis associated with Hirschsprung's disease: a clinical histopathological correlative study. J Pediatr Surg 1995;30:1023-1027.
32. Elhalaby EA, Coran AG, Blane CE, et al: Enterocolitis associated with Hirschsprung's disease: a clinical-radiological characterization based on 168 patients. J Pediatr Surg 1995;30:76-83.
33. Sarioglu A, Tanyel FC, Buyukpamukcu N, Hicsonmez A: Appendiceal perforation: a potentially lethal initial mode of presentation of Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg 1997;32:123-124.
34. Teitelbaum DH, Coran AG: Enterocolitis. Semin Pediatr Surg 1998;7:162-169.
35. Courvoisier S, Piolat C, Durand C, et al: Pseudo-'isolated' intestinal perforation in a very low birth weight infant: exceptional presentation of Hirschsprung's disease (in French). Arch Pediatr 2006;13:1320-1322.
36. Arliss J, Holgersen LO: Neonatal appendiceal perforation and Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg 1990;25:694-695.
37. Faure F, Panuel M, Petit PH, et al: Methodes d'explorations radiologiques de l'ano-rectum; in Le rectum pédiatrique. Monographie du college national de chirurgie pédiatrique. Montpellier, Sauramps Médical, 1996, pp 43-49.
38. Fotter R: Imaging of constipation in infants and children. Eur Radiol 1998;8:248-258.
39. Fondelli P, Martucciello G, Taccone A, Dodero P: The radiologic picture of total colonic aganglionosis (in Italian). Radiol Med (Torino) 1989;77:207-210.
40. Fink RL, Roberts LJ, Scott M: The role of manometry, electromyography and radiology in the assessment of intractable constipation. Aust NZ J Surg 1992;62:959-964.
41. Meunier P, Marechal JM, Mollard P: Accuracy of the manometric diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg 1978;13:411-415.
42. Kapur RP: Can we stop looking? Immunohistochemistry and the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease. Am J Clin Pathol 2006;126:9-12.
43. Matsuda H, Hirato J, Kuroiwa M, Nakazato Y: Histopathological and immunohistochemical study of the enteric innervations among various types of aganglionoses including isolated and syndromic Hirschsprung disease. Neuropathology 2006;26:8-23.
44. Hartman EE, Sprangers MA, Visser MR, et al: Hirschsprung's disease: healthcare meets the needs. J Pediatr Surg 2006;41:1420-1424.
45. Catto-Smith AG, Trajanovska M, Taylor RG: Long-term continence in patients with Hirschsprung's disease and Down syndrome. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006;21:748-753.
46. Menezes M, Puri P: Long-term outcome of patients with enterocolitis complicating Hirschsprung's disease. Pediatr Surg Int 2006;22:316-318.
47. Hyman PE: Defecation disorders after surgery for Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2005;41(suppl 1):S62-S63.
48. Saleh W, Rasheed K, Mohaidly MA, et al: Management of Hirschsprung's disease: a comparison of Soave's and Duhamel's pull-through methods. Pediatr Surg Int 2004;20:590-593.
49. Minford JL, Ram A, Turnock RR, et al: Comparison of functional outcomes of Duhamel and transanal endorectal coloanal anastomosis for Hirschsprung's disease. J Pediatr Surg 2004;39:161-165.
50. Dasgupta R, Langer JC: Transanal pull-through for Hirschsprung disease. Semin Pediatr Surg 2005;14:64-71.
51. Podevin G, Lardy H, Azzis O, et al: Technical problems and complications of a transanal pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease. Eur J Pediatr Surg 2006;16:104-108.
52. Yamauchi K, Kubota A, Usui N, et al: Benign transient non-organic ileus of neonates. Eur J Pediatr Surg 2002;12:168-174.
53. Cowles RA, Berdon WE, Holt PD, et al: Neonatal intestinal obstruction simulating meconium ileus in infants with long-segment intestinal aganglionosis: radiographic findings that prompt the need for rectal biopsy. Pediatr Radiol 2006;36:133-137.
54. Joly F, Amiot A, Coffin B, et al: Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (in French). Gastroenterol Clin Biol 2006;30:975-985.
55. Meier-Ruge WA, Bruder E: Pathology of chronic constipation in pediatric and adult coloproctology. Pathobiology 2005;72:1-102.
56. Hartman EE, Oort FJ, Aronson DC, et al: Critical factors affecting quality of life of adult patients with anorectal malformations or Hirschsprung's disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2004;99:907-913.
57. Hamid CH, Holland AJ, Martin HC: Long-term outcome of anorectal malformations: the patient perspective. Pediatr Surg Int 2006;Epub ahead of print.
58. Yagmurlu A, Harmon CM, Georgeson KE: Laparoscopic cecostomy button placement for the management of fecal incontinence in children with Hirschsprung's disease and anorectal anomalies. Surg Endosc 2006;20:624-627.
59. Valles M, Vidal J, Clave P, Mearin F: Bowel dysfunction in patients with motor complete spinal cord injury: clinical, neurological, and pathophysiological associations. Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:2290-2299.
60. Kilickesmez O, Gol IH, Uzun M, Oruk C: Complete familial Currarino triad in association with Hirschsprung's disease: magnetic resonance imaging features and the spectrum of anorectal malformations. Acta Radiol 2006;47:422-426.