Global prevalence of functional constipation according to the Rome criteria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Barberio, C Judge, EV Savarino… - … Lancet Gastroenterology & …, 2021 - thelancet.com
… assess the burden of functional constipation globally was … functional constipation of 14·0%.
However, prevalence is now likely to be lower, as the Rome criteria for functional constipation

Chronic functional constipation in children: adherence and factors associated with drug treatment

SA Steiner, MRF Torres, FJ Penna… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… was to evaluate the treatment adherence of children with chronic functional constipation. …
Chronic functional constipation (CFC) shows high prevalence in children and it is responsible …

Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for functional constipation: a randomised, sham-controlled pilot trial

HY Lee, OJ Kwon, JE Kim, M Kim, AR Kim… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2018 - Springer
… All subjects were provided with verbal and written information on possible benefits, harms
and the possible treatments for constipation other than the treatments offered in our clinical …

A randomized controlled trial of acupuncture to treat functional constipation: design and protocol

XH Xu, CH Zheng, MM Zhang, W Wang… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2014 - Springer
treatments include gastrointestinal prokinetic agent, enemas, osmotic and stimulant laxatives
has displayed a positive effect in functional constipation … for functional constipation in …

[HTML][HTML] Functional constipation in children

Y Vandenplas, T Devreker - Jornal de pediatria, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
… the evaluation and treatment of functional constipation in children. … Evaluation and treatment
of functional constipation in infants … for the management of functional constipation include “a …

Pharmacologic treatment of constipation: what is new?

D Pohl, R Tutuian, M Fried - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
… Approximately in half of patients the diagnosis of functional constipation is made after
having ruled out secondary causes. Treatment of chronic functional constipation primarily …

Management of chronic functional constipation in childhood

A Plunkett, CP Phillips, RM Beattie - Pediatric Drugs, 2007 - Springer
… This article reviews the current literature regarding management strategies for chronic
functional constipation in children and discusses the practical approach used in the authors’ unit …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of conventional treatment of chronic functional constipation on total and segmental colonic and orocecal transit times

ACF Soares, S Tahan, MB Morais - Jornal de Pediatria, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
… time in chronic functional constipation with increased total … during conventional treatment
of chronic constipation, some … of conventional treatment of chronic functional constipation in …

Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the effects of probiotics on functional constipation in adults

C Zhang, J Jiang, F Tian, J Zhao, H Zhang, Q Zhai… - Clinical Nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
… the effectiveness of probiotics in alleviating functional constipation in adults. We reviewed
… effectiveness of probiotics on constipation symptoms in adults with functional constipation. …

A randomized controlled trial of chinese patent medicine xiao'er biantong granules in the treatment of functional constipation in children

Q Cai, R Ma, S Hu, X Li, X Xiang, Y Ding… - Evidence‐Based …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… 3.9 billion in diagnosis and treatment, as evaluated by the … treatment of functional constipation
in children often consists of two steps: disimpaction treatment and maintenance treatment. …