ArticleIntestinal research2015
Colon Transit Time May Predict Inadequate Bowel Preparation in Patients With Chronic Constipation.
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- Efficacy safety of linaclotide combined with polyethylene glycol for bowel preparation in patients with constipation: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in gastroenterology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- [Seoul Consensus on Clinical Practice Guidelines for Functional Constipation].The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2025Guideline
- Advanced intestinal regulation improves bowel preparation quality in patients with constipation: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Shorter waiting times from education to colonoscopy can improve the quality of bowel preparation: A randomized controlled trial.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2018Trial
- Taking a Long and Hard Look at Quality Predictors of Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Article
- 2022 Seoul Consensus on Clinical Practice Guidelines for Functional Constipation.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2023Review
- Factors affecting the quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy in hard-to-prepare patients: Evidence from the literature.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Usefulness of Personal Bowel Habits as a Predictive Factor for Inadequate Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy: A Prospective Questionnaire-Based Observational Study.Gut and liver · 2019Observational
- Prediction of Inadequate Bowel Preparation Using Total and Segmental Colon Transit Time in Patients with Chronic Constipation: Some Different Outcomes.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2019Article
- LONGER CECUM INSERTION TIME AND MORE INADEQUATE COLONIC PREPARATION IN PATIENTS WITH ACROMEGALY: IS A DIFFERENT COLONOSCOPY PREPARATION NEEDED?Acta endocrinologica (Bucharest, Romania : 2005)Article
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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 as the normal transit time (NTT) group. Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS) scores were compared between the STT and NTT groups.
resultsOf 160 patients with chronic constipation, 82 (51%) were included in the STT group and 78 (49%) were included in the NTT group. Patients with a BBPS score of <6 were more prevalent in the STT group than in the NTT group (31.7% vs. 10.3%, P=0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that slow CTT was an independent predictor of inadequate bowel preparation (odds ratio, 0.261; 95% confidence interval, 0.107-0.634; P=0.003). The best CTT cut-off value for predicting inadequate bowel preparation in patients with chronic constipation was 37 hours, as determined by receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis (area under the ROC curve: 0.676, specificity: 0.735, sensitivity: 0.643).
conclusionsPatients with chronic constipation and 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.
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