Do oro-anal transit markers predict which children would benefit from colonic manometry studies?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-262

  Tipnis, Neelesh A ^a   El Chammas, Khalil I ^a   Rudolph, Colin D ^a   Werlin, Steven L ^a   Sood, Manu R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

cecostomy; children; colonic manometry; constipation; outcomes; transit marker studies

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MOTILITY; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON SURGERY; COLONIC MANOMETRY; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MANOMETRY; ORO ANAL TRANSIT TIME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856287043     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31822bbcd8     Document Type: Article

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