Low prevalence of positive hydrogen breath tests in patients with functional gastrointestinal conditions and hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome

H Dervin, N Zarate‐Lopez, R Sweis… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Using hydrogen breath testing (HBT) to diagnose small intestinal bacterial
overgrowth (SIBO) remains controversial in patients with functional gastrointestinal (GI) …

[PDF][PDF] How to interpret hydrogen breath tests

UC Ghoshal - Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility, 2011 - synapse.koreamed.org
Recently, hydrogen breath test (HBT) has become popular in clinical practice as it is useful
for diagnosing small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and carbohydrate intolerance …

Hydrogen and methane breath test results are negatively associated with IBS and may reflect transit time in post‐surgical patients

H Essa, S Hamdy, D Green, S Lal… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Contention surrounds hydrogen and methane breath tests as putative
measures of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. We aimed to explore the clinical …

Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract: What the gastroenterologist needs to know

PA Thwaites, PR Gibson… - … of Gastroenterology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aim Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and the
hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) can be challenging to diagnose and manage …

Early hydrogen excretion peaks during breath tests. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth or accelerated transit?

P Vernia, M Cesarini, A de Carolis, F Vernia - Digestive and Liver Disease, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) has been reported with varying
prevalence, depending upon the criteria used for diagnosis. Lactulose and glucose breath …

P265 High incidence of positive hydrogen breath tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth using lactulose: follow-up

J Gallagher, E Kirton, L Anderson-Leary, S Hewitt… - 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Introduction A small audit previously conducted within our department and presented at the
BSG 2019 1 questioned the 'North American Consensus' recommendation of using a rise in …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding our tests: hydrogen-methane breath testing to diagnose small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

A Tansel, DJ Levinthal - Clinical and Translational …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
There is increasing appreciation that small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) drives
many common gastrointestinal symptoms, including diarrhea, bloating, and abdominal pain …

Comprehensive assessment of nutrition and dietary influences in hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome (CANDI-hEDS)–a cross sectional study

R Topan, S Pandya, S Williams, JK Ruffle… - Official journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, patients with hEDS/HSD were recruited from Ehlers-
Danlos Support UK (non-tertiary) and tertiary neurogastroenterology clinics to complete …

PWE-098 Is methane testing a useful adjunct to hydrogen breath testing?

L Materacki, SM Lee, P Laidler, K Yong, F Betteridge… - 2018 - gut.bmj.com
Introduction Hydrogen breath testing (BT) is a useful non-invasive test for diagnosing small
intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and carbohydrate maldigestion. In a proportion of …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and predictors of gastrointestinal dysmotility in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a tertiary care center experience

M Alomari, A Hitawala, P Chadalavada, F Covut… - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods This is a retrospective study of hEDS patients conducted at the Cleveland Clinic's
Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare between January 2007 and December 2017 …