Sentence examples for In constipated from inspiring English sources

The increased abundance of methanogens such as Methanobrevibacter in harder stools confirms previous reports of elevated methane production in constipated individuals.

However, two recent reviews concluded that despite increasing efforts on including the elderly in RCTs, most studies on the use of laxatives in constipated older adults provide limited evidence for small sample size and methodology biases [ 57, 62].

There are several examples demonstrating that changes in intracolonic BA concentrations alter bowel function: ileal resection results in diarrhea (5), and changes in diurnal rates of BA synthesis and colonic BA concentration have been identified in constipated children (6) and in adults with slow transit constipation and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C) (7, 8).

Constipation also significantly impacts health-related quality of life in constipated people [ 4].

Two recent studies have shown that the fermented dairy product containing Bifidobacterium lactis strain DN-173 010 is effective in increasing stool frequency in constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients with a defecation frequency < 3/week and in constipated women with a defecation frequency < 3/week.

There was no association between being overweight and constipation; however, an association between being overweight and fecal incontinence in constipated adolescents was confirmed.

It seems important to conduct head-to-head comparison trials with these agents in the future and also to determine if linaclotide is more efficacious in certain constipated individuals than are currently available laxatives.

Mr Levack told the committee that bureaucracy was causing many projects to "get stuck in the constipated public sector procurement system".

The efficacy of prucalopride has also been tested short term in the constipated older ones [ 88].

The device agreement for slow colonic transit was 88%, with good correlation between WMC and ROM in elderly patients, suggesting that the WMC was a useful diagnostic device of delayed colonic transit in elderly constipated patients.

However, once again in chronically constipated patients that have become dependant upon laxatives, the reality of obtaining several weeks of stool frequency data in the absence of any laxative use could be difficult.