Colonic Manometry

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Fig. 9.1 Abdominal radiograph showing a high-resolution solid-state colonic motility catheter placed with its tip at the hepatic flexure. The arrow points to the endoclip used to secure the catheter…

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Anorectal Manometry

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Fig. 10.1 (a) Water-perfusion catheter (Medical Measurement Systems). (b) High-resolution catheter (Medical Measurement Systems). (c) Three-dimensional high-resolution catheter (Sierra Scientific Instruments) (Courtesy of Medical Measurement Systems) The water-perfusion catheter consists…

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Pediatric Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction

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Primary CIPO • Sporadic or familial forms of hollow visceral myopathy/neuropathy (e.g., megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome) [7, 28–45] • Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) [19, 46–48] • Hirschsprung disease [49–51] • Neuropathy associated with multiple endocrine…

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Antroduodenal Manometry

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Fig. 8.1 Examples of conventional (a) and spatiotemporal plot (b) of normal migrating motor complex (MMC) recorded in a child with recurrent vomiting. All three phases (phase I, phase II,…

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Functional Constipation in Children

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Age <4 years Developmental age of ≥4 years Rome III criteria • <3 defecations per week • <3 defecations in the toilet per week • ≥1 episode of fecal incontinence per week after…

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Visceral Sensitivity

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Fig. 4.1 Spinal and vagal innervation of the gastrointestinal tract. Upper portion: sensory information from vagal receptors is carried by vagal afferent nerves (1) with nerve cell bodies in the…

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Esophageal Manometry

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and Annamaria Staiano2   (1) Section of Pediatrics, Department of Translational Medical Science, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy (2) Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, University of Naples…

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