Orocoecal Transit Time in Healthy and Constipated Children
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 77 (4), 583-586
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10704.x
Abstract
Orocoecal transit time (OCTT), assessed by means of H2 breath test after lactulose and/or after a semisolid standard meal, was studied in normal and constipated children. Both control subjects and patients with constipation showed a significantly longer OCTT after a standard meal than after lactulose ingestion (pp0.1). These findings suggest that 1) measurement of the transit of a standard meal instead of a lactulose solution may offer more direct insight into the role of small intestinal transit of food, both in physiological and pathological conditions, 2) gastrointestinal segments other than colon may play a role in chronic non organic constipation of childhood.Keywords
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