【流行病学】慢性便秘：一项患者观念的调研
Constipation is a common, often chronic, gastrointestinal motility disor-der characterized by such symptoms as straining, hard stool, and infre-quent defecation. Published literature is limited regarding symptom prevalence, healthcare-seeking behaviour, and patient satisfaction with traditional therapies for chronic constipation.
【流行病学】泰国特发性便秘患者的病因：罗马II标准对病因与便秘症状之间关联性的定义
Objective: To identify the prevalence of physiologic causes of idiopathic constipation in Thai patients.
【流行病学】一项针对社区便秘发病率与成人泻剂使用情况的国际调研
Reported prevalence of constipation ranges from 4–28 %, depending on definitions and methods used, making comparisons between countries difficult. To determine prevalence in a large community, self definition of constipation is important and use of a standard questionnaire is mandatory.
【流行病学】一项关于韩国人肠排便习惯的研究：功能性便秘患病率和便秘的自检报告
Abstract Most studies of bowel habits have been conducted in Western countries. This study was conducted to estimate the epidemiology of constipation and the discrepancy be-tween self-reported constipation and bowel habits in Kore-ans. Telephone interviews regarding bowel habits were con-ducted with a total of 1029 individuals in Korea, 15 years of age or older.
【流行病学】在自检便秘的成年人中，有关泻剂使用的流行性与模式的跨国性研究
While numerous studies report prevalence of constipation, use of laxa-tives is poorly understood.To conduct a survey in seven countries evaluating prevalence of consti-pation and laxative use in its treatment.Thirteen thousand eight hundred seventy-nine adults [approximately 2000 each from US, UK, Germany (GE), France (FR), Italy (IT), Brazil (BR) and South Korea (SK)] completed questionnaires assessing occur-rence, frequency, duration and laxative use for treating constipation.
【经验性治疗】成人便秘的生物反馈疗法
Neuromuscular dysfunction of the defecation unit can lead to disordered or difficult defecation.Among structural and functional causes, the most common entity that causes disordered defecation is dyssynergic defecation. This condition affects about 40% of patients with chronic constipation.
【诊断及相关检查】大便形状和频率与肠胃道和结肠传输有关吗？研究结果来自一项便秘患者和正常对照组的多中心临床试验
Despite a lack of supportive data, stool form and stool frequency are often used as clinical surrogates for gut transit in constipated patients. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between stool characteristics (form and frequency) and gut transit in constipated and healthy adults. Stool form and frequency were correlated with transit times using Spearman's rank correlation.
【诊断及相关检查】在鉴定女性便秘患者治疗条件方面，临床检查显得比肛肠功能检测更重要
Introduction and hypothesis Manywomenwithchronic constipation are referred for anorectal function tests (AFT) when they fail initial conservative treatment with lifestyle advice and laxatives.
【诊断及相关检查】气囊排出试验可筛选慢性便秘患儿中的梗阻型便秘
Chronic constipation (CC) is a common problem in pediatrics and is often the result of obstructed defecation. Objective: To study the feasibility and efficacy of the balloon expulsion test (BET) in the diagnosis and management of children with CC. Methods: Retrospective study comparing BET and High-Resolution Passage of balloon in 1 minute or less was considered normal.Results: Fifteen of the 29 children had a normal BET. Of these, 14 also had an ARM, all of which were normal (except for two cases with a hypertonic baseline anal sphincter).
错过再等一年：IBD 2014 年值得关注的进展
2014年Advances in IBD大会已于12月4-6日在美国奥兰多隆重召开，大会分别从临床、临床研究、基础科学、儿科以及护理等五个领域展开。近年来，炎症性肠病在我国越来越多见，特将本次大会的精彩学术内容进行整理及编译，并邀请国内知名专家对内容进行精彩视频解读，第一时间全方位展示国际IBD领域的最新学术进展。