دورية أكاديمية

Definition of reliable, objective criteria by abdominal radiography to identify occult constipation in children with lower urinary tract symptoms.

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العنوان: Definition of reliable, objective criteria by abdominal radiography to identify occult constipation in children with lower urinary tract symptoms.
المؤلفون: Marks A; Division of Pediatric Urology and Department of Medical Imaging, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago and Department of Urology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA., Vasquez E, Moylan S, Diaz-Saldano D, Schreiber J, Saker M, Lindgren BW
المصدر: The Journal of urology [J Urol] 2013 Apr; Vol. 189 (4), pp. 1519-23. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Oct 16.
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0376374 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1527-3792 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00225347 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Urol Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Publication: 2019- : [Philadelphia, PA] : Wolters Kluwer
Original Publication: Baltimore : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Radiography, Abdominal*, Constipation/*diagnostic imaging, Case-Control Studies ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Constipation/complications ; Humans ; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/complications ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Reproducibility of Results ; Retrospective Studies
مستخلص: Purpose: Treating constipation in children with voiding dysfunction may improve or resolve urinary symptoms. A clinical diagnosis of constipation may not identify all patients. Abdominal radiographs (plain x-ray of the kidneys, ureters and bladder) are often used to assess constipation but no objective definition of constipation based on abdominal radiographs exists. Most abdominal radiograph rating scales use subjective criteria and our previous series showed that these scales have poor reliability. We identified reliable, objective parameters on abdominal radiograph to predict constipation.
Materials and Methods: The abdominal radiographs of 80 children 4 to 12 years old, including 40 with constipation and 40 successfully treated for constipation, were assessed for several measurable parameters. Logistic regression was used to construct a model to predict constipation status based on these abdominal radiograph parameters. Model accuracy was assessed using AUC analysis of ROC curves.
Results: The most predictive model included cecal diameter, total length of stool measured, stool length in the rectum, and patient age and gender. As measured by the area under the ROC curve, accuracy was excellent at 0.87. We calculated cutoffs for individual parameters on abdominal radiograph, including total stool length greater than 33.4 cm, cecal diameter greater than 3.7 cm and stool length in the rectum greater than 5.9 cm.
Conclusions: We identified accurate, reliable criteria based on objective measurements on abdominal radiograph to differentiate patients with and without constipation. These criteria may be applied to objectively assess constipation status in children with urinary symptoms without a history of constipation. Further study will determine whether these criteria predict the response to treatment.
(Copyright © 2013 American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
التعليقات: Comment in: J Urol. 2013 Apr;189(4):1196-7. (PMID: 23337192)
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20121020 Date Completed: 20130708 Latest Revision: 20220318
رمز التحديث: 20221213
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.10.019
PMID: 23079375
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:1527-3792
DOI:10.1016/j.juro.2012.10.019