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Functional bowel disease : a challenging frontier in gastroenterology [PDF]

, 1999
The last 30 years have seen incredible advances in the science and practice of gastroenterology and hepatology. In the 1970s, the fiberoptic endoscopic revolution facilitated the visualization of the mucosa of a large segment of the gastrointestinal ...
Camilleri, Michael
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Functional constipation in children: does maternal personality matter? [PDF]

, 2009
Aim To identify personality dimensions of mothers with a constipated child and compare it with those mothers of children without defecation problems. Methods We compared mothers of 150 children with functional constipation to mothers of 150 children with
Farhang, Sara, Farnam, Alireza, Khodjastejafari, Saeedeh, Rafeey, Mandana   +3 more
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The Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Management of Functional Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2020
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for functional constipation (FC). Methods A rigorous literature search was performed in English (PubMed, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, and EMBASE) and ...
Lu Wang, Mingmin Xu, Qianhua Zheng, Wei Zhang, Ying Li   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The relationship between quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30) and survival in patients with gastro-oesopohageal cancer [PDF]

, 2008
It remains unclear whether any aspect of quality of life has a role in predicting survival in an unselected cohort of patients with gastro-oesophageal cancer. Therefore the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between quality of life (
AB Crumley, AB Crumley, BH von Rahden, D C McMillan, DP Kotler, FM Fang, I Chau, J R Anderson, JM Blazeby, JM Blazeby, JR Siewert, LH Sobin, M McKernan, N Ando, N MacDonald, NK Aaronson, NK Aaronson, P O'Gorman, R C Stuart, SA Hundahl, T Conroy, W Hofstetter, W J Angerson, WD Dewys   +23 more
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Gastroesophageal reflux in children with functional constipation

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012
Functional constipation and gastroesophageal reflux disease are two major and commonly encountered components of childhood functional gastrointestinal disorders. Epidemiological studies in the adult population support that there is a significant overlap between the different functional disorders of the digestive tract.
Ozgenc, Funda, Baran, Masallah, Arikan, Cigdem, Cakir, Murat, Ecevit, Cigdem Omur, Yagci, Rasit Vural, Aydogdu, Sema   +6 more
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Analgesic effectiveness and tolerability of oral oxycodone/naloxone and pregabalin in patients with lung cancer and neuropathic pain. An observational analysis [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Cancer-related pain has a severe negative impact on quality of life. Combination analgesic therapy with oxycodone and pregabalin is effective for treating neuropathic cancer pain.
Borghesi, Cristina, De Santis, Stefano, Fulvi, Alberto, Giovannoni, Daniele, Marcassa, Claudio, Migliorino, Maria Rita, Ricciardi, Serena   +6 more
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Comparison of antegrade continence enema treatment and sacral nerve stimulation for children with severe functional constipation and fecal incontinence

Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 2020
To compare antegrade continence enema (ACE) treatment and sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) in children with intractable functional constipation (FC) and fecal incontinence (FI).
M. H. Vriesman, Lyon Wang, Candice Park, Karen A. Diefenbach, M. Levitt, R. Wood, S. Alpert, M. Benninga, Karla K H Vaz, D. Yacob, C. Di Lorenzo, Peter L Lu   +11 more
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Pediatric Functional Constipation: A New Challenge

Advanced Gut & Microbiome Research
Functional constipation is a common gastrointestinal disorder worldwide in children, adolescents, and adults. Functional constipation is persistent, difficult, and infrequent hard stooling with incomplete rectal emptying that does not have an ...
Samina Khan Bashir, Muhammad Bashir Khan
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The Diagnostic Accuracy of Abdominal X-ray in Childhood Constipation: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Gastrointestinal Disorders
Background: Previous systematic reviews have found insufficient and conflicting evidence for an association between the clinical and radiographic diagnosis of functional constipation.
David Avelar Rodriguez, Ghaida Dahlwi, Michelle Gould, Margaret Marcon, Marc Benninga   +4 more
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Host-microbiota interactions underlying functional gastrointestinal disorders and the impact of gold kiwifruit consumption : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nutritional Science at Massey University, Albany, Manawatū, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2023
The microbial ecosystem exists in a mutualistic relationship with its host, contributing to a healthy gastrointestinal tract. Growing evidence supports the role of microbial-immune interactions in functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), including ...
Carco, Caterina
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