Total and segmental colonic transit time in constipated patients with Chagas' disease without megaesophagus or megacolon

dc.creatorSantos, SL
dc.creatorBarcelos, IK
dc.creatorMesquita, MA
dc.date2000
dc.dateJAN
dc.date2014-12-02T16:25:52Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:25:31Z
dc.date2014-12-02T16:25:52Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:25:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:12:44Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:12:44Z
dc.identifierBrazilian Journal Of Medical And Biological Research. Assoc Bras Divulg Cientifica, v. 33, n. 1, n. 43, n. 49, 2000.
dc.identifier0100-879X
dc.identifierWOS:000085031800006
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/77736
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/77736
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/77736
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1284331
dc.descriptionManometric and pharmacological tests have shown that motor abnormalities may occur in the non-dilated colons of chagasic patients. In order to investigate the presence of abnormalities of colonic function in constipated patients with Chagas' disease (ChC) without megaesophagus or megacolon, studies of total and segmental colonic transit time with radiopaque markers were performed on 15 ChC patients, 27 healthy volunteers and 17 patients with idiopathic constipation (IC). The values obtained for the control group were similar to those reported in the literature (total colonic time: 34.1 +/- 15.6 h; right colon: 9.9 +/- 7.3 h; left colon: 10.8 +/- 10 h, and rectosigmoid: 12.6 +/- 9.9 h). Colonic transit time data permitted us to divide both IC and ChC patients into groups with normal transit and those with slow colonic transit. Colonic inertia was detected in 41% of IC patients and in 13% of ChC patients; left colon isolated stasis (hindgut dysfunction) was detected in 12% of IC patients and 7% of ChC patients, and outlet obstruction was detected in 6% of IC patients and 7% of ChC patients. There were no significant differences in total or segmental colonic transit times between slow transit IC and slow transit ChC patients. In conclusion, an impairment of colonic motility was detected in about 30% of constipated patients with Chagas' disease without megaesophagus or megacolon. This subgroup of patients presented no distinctive clinical feature or pattern of colonic dysmotility when compared to patients with slow transit idiopathic constipation.
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dc.description1
dc.description43
dc.description49
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAssoc Bras Divulg Cientifica
dc.publisherSao Paulo
dc.publisherBrasil
dc.relationBrazilian Journal Of Medical And Biological Research
dc.relationBrazilian J. Med. Biol. Res.
dc.rightsaberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectcolonic transit
dc.subjectChagas' disease
dc.subjectconstipation
dc.subjectradiopaque markers
dc.subjectAmerican trypanosomiasis
dc.titleTotal and segmental colonic transit time in constipated patients with Chagas' disease without megaesophagus or megacolon
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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