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Chronic constipation in adults: Contemporary perspectives and clinical challenges. 1: Epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical associations, pathophysiology and investigation (2020)
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Chronic constipation is a prevalent disorder that affects patients’ quality of life and consumes resources in healthcare systems worldwide. In clinical practice, it is still considered a challenge as clinicians frequently are unsure as to which treat... Read More about Chronic constipation in adults: Contemporary perspectives and clinical challenges. 1: Epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical associations, pathophysiology and investigation.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (2020)
Journal Article

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder whose symptoms include abdominal pain associated with a change in stool form or frequency. The condition affects between 5% and 10% of otherwise healthy individuals in the commu... Read More about Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Seated anorectal manometry during simulated evacuation. A physiological exercise or a new clinically useful diagnostic test? (2020)
Journal Article

Symptoms such as a feeling of incomplete evacuation, straining, absence of the call to stool, anal blockage or digitation suggest the presence a functional defecation disorder. As symptoms do not distinguish between patients with and without function... Read More about Seated anorectal manometry during simulated evacuation. A physiological exercise or a new clinically useful diagnostic test?.

Unraveling the behavior of oral drug products inside the human gastrointestinal tract using the aspiration technique: history, methodology and applications (2020)
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Fluid sampling from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract has been applied as a valuable tool to gain more insight into the fluids present in the human GI tract and to explore the dynamic interplay of drug release, dissolution, precipitation and absorption... Read More about Unraveling the behavior of oral drug products inside the human gastrointestinal tract using the aspiration technique: history, methodology and applications.

Patient-Specific Stress–Abdominal Pain Interaction in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Exploratory Experience Sampling Method Study (2020)
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INTRODUCTION: Gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have been correlated with psychological factors using retrospective symptom assessment. However, real-time symptom assessment might reveal the interplay between abdominal a... Read More about Patient-Specific Stress–Abdominal Pain Interaction in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Exploratory Experience Sampling Method Study.

Manometric demonstration of duodenal/jejunal motor function consistent with the duodenal brake mechanism (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Background: High-resolution manometric studies below the stomach are rare due to technical limitations of traditional manometry catheters. Consequently, specific motor patterns and their impact on gastric and small bowe... Read More about Manometric demonstration of duodenal/jejunal motor function consistent with the duodenal brake mechanism.