Decompensated Cirrhotics Have Slower Intestinal Transit Times as Compared With Compensated Cirrhotics and Healthy Controls

Bani Chander Roland; Guadalupe García‐Tsao; Maria Ciarleglio; Yanhong Deng; Anish A. Sheth

doi:10.1097/mcg.0b013e31829006bb

Abstract

This study demonstrates that decompensated cirrhotics have slower intestinal transit times as compared with compensated cirrhotics and healthy controls. Additional prospective studies are needed to further characterize dysmotility in cirrhotics and its relationship to complications related to BT. This would aid in the identification of patients at risk for developing severe complications and who may benefit from prophylactic prokinetic and/or antimicrobial therapy.

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MedicineGastroenterologyInternal medicineCirrhosisLactuloseSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisSmall intestinal bacterial overgrowthHydrogen breath testHepatologyHepatorenal syndromeMotilityLiver diseaseAscitesBreath testIrritable bowel syndromeHelicobacter pylori

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 47
Issue: 10
Pages: 888-893
Citations: 45
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                                    Bani Chander Roland, 
                                
                                    Guadalupe García‐Tsao, 
                                
                                    Maria Ciarleglio
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            Decompensated Cirrhotics Have Slower Intestinal Transit Times as Compared With Compensated Cirrhotics and Healthy Controls. 
                            Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
                            , 47
                            (10)
                            , 888-893.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/mcg.0b013e31829006bb
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0b013e31829006bb