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SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2026

Osmotic and stimulant laxatives for the management of childhood constipation.

Morris Gordon, Shiyao Liu, Vasiliki Sinopoulou, Anna de Geus, Yuhong Yuan, M A Benninga, Merit M Tabbers

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Morris GordonSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Lancashire, Preston, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1216-5158
Shiyao LiuSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Vasiliki SinopoulouSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Anna de GeusDepartment of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Yuhong YuanDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
M A BenningaDepartment of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Merit M TabbersDepartment of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the efficacy and safety of osmotic and stimulant laxatives for the treatment of functional constipation in children.

Indexed as

ConstipationLaxativesChildHumansLaxatives

Identifiers

PMID42770374
PMCPMC13595415

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