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Colon Transit Time May Predict Inadequate Bowel Preparation in Patients With Chronic Constipation
- Source :
- Intestinal Research, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 339-345 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases, 2015.
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Abstract
- Background/AimsWe evaluated whether colonic transit time (CTT) can predict the degree of bowel preparation in patients with chronic constipation undergoing scheduled colonoscopy in order to assist in the development of better bowel preparation strategies for these patients.MethodsWe analyzed the records of 160 patients with chronic constipation from March 2007 to November 2012. We enrolled patients who had undergone a CTT test followed by colonoscopy. We defined patients with a CTT ≥30 hours as the slow transit time (STT) group, and patients with a CTT 30 hours were at risk for inadequate bowel preparation. CTT measured prior to colonoscopy could be useful for developing individualized strategies for bowel preparation in patients with slow CTT, as these patients are likely to have inadequate bowel preparation.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15989100 and 22881956
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Intestinal Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7f9936fd70504cbe8bbab2887d826b8a
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5217/ir.2015.13.4.339