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Performance characteristics of scintigraphic colon transit measurement in health and irritable bowel syndrome and relationship to bowel functions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20025675     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: The inter- and intra-subject variations of scintigraphy, which are used to identify colonic transit disturbances in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are unclear. The relationship between colonic transit and bowel functions is incompletely understood. To assess inter- and intra-subject variations of scintigraphic colonic transit measurements in 86 IBS patients and 17 healthy subjects and to quantify the relationship between colonic transit and bowel symptoms in 147 IBS patients and 46 healthy subjects.
METHODS: Data from participants with multiple colonic transit measurements were analysed. Primary end points were colonic filling at 6 h (CF6h) and geometric center (GC) at 24 and 48 h for colonic transit. Bowel functions were assessed by daily stool diaries.
KEY RESULTS: Inter- and intra-subject variations were greater for small intestinal than colonic transit. Overall, inter- and intra-subject variations were relatively narrow for colonic transit (both GC24h and GC48h, with lower COV at 48 h); there was little intra-subject variation in health and IBS-constipation over a period of <or=3 weeks and over 2.0 years (median, range 0.1, 11.0 years). Significant intra-individual differences in GC24h were observed only in IBS-D patients. Colonic transit was significantly associated with stool form (accounting for 19-27% of the variance), frequency (19%), and ease of stool passage (12%).
CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES: Despite inter-subject variation in scintigraphic colonic transit results, the intra-subject measurements are reproducible over time in healthy volunteers and patients with IBS; significant changes in colonic transit at 24 h were observed only in IBS-D. Colonic transit is associated with stool form, frequency and ease of passage.
Authors:
A Deiteren; M Camilleri; A E Bharucha; D Burton; S McKinzie; A S Rao; A R Zinsmeister
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2009-12-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society     Volume:  22     ISSN:  1365-2982     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurogastroenterol. Motil.     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-09     Completed Date:  2010-06-28     Revised Date:  2011-07-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9432572     Medline TA:  Neurogastroenterol Motil     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  415-23, e95     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research (CENTER), College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Colon / physiopathology*,  radionuclide imaging
Constipation / physiopathology*,  radionuclide imaging
Defecation / physiology*
Female
Gastrointestinal Transit / physiology*
Humans
Irritable Bowel Syndrome / physiopathology*,  radionuclide imaging
Male
Reference Values
Regression Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
R01 DK-54681/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK054681-08/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK078924-04/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
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