A Population-Based Study on the Epidemiology of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Young Children

Prevalence and Factors Associated With Functional Constipation Among Children Attending Well Baby Clinic in Aladel Primary Health Care Center in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, 2016, Cross Sectional.

“…This finding agrees with that reported in other studies carried out in Colombia, (11) Korea (15) and USA (13) . However, it is not in line with other studies that showed gender predominance, in Southern India (10) , there was female predominance.…”

“…In another study carried out among 2-12 years children in Southern India, the prevalence of functional constipation was 13.6% (10) . In Colombia, among infants up to 12 months, the prevalence was 16.1% whereas, among children from 13 to 48 months, the prevalence was 26.8% (11) . In Northern areas of China, among children aged 4 -14 year, the prevalence of functional constipation was 4.7% with high prevalence in the age group 4 -6 years (12) .…”

“…This is consistent with a study that was done in Romania (16) . In Colombia, the mean age of children was 19.3±15.3 months (11) . In Korea, the mean age was 54.5±15.1 months (15) .In another study that was carried out in Korea, the mean age was 60.5±41.8 months (14) while in Iran the mean age was 5±3.12 years (17) .…”

“…Also, the numbers of siblings was not significantly associated with functional constipation which is the same as Minkyu Park et al's finding (15) . However, Ashishchogle et al reported that the prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders was high in children who were being the only child in the family (11) .…”

Корекція Метаболічних Порушень При Ацетонемічному Синдромі У Дітей На Фоні Функціональних Розладів Біліарного Тракту

“…Метаболические нарушения при ацетоне-мическом синдроме обусловлены повышением в крови продуктов неполного окисления жирных кислот -кетоновых тел: ацетона, ацетоуксусной кислоты и бета-оксимасляной кислоты. Кетоно-вые тела образуются преимущественно в печени и представляют собой промежуточные продукты углеводного и жирового обмена [10,11]. Возмож-ные варианты утилизации кетоновых тел (ацето-уксусная, бета-оксимасляная кислота и ацетон): окисление в тканях до углекислого газа и воды либо выведение из организма в неизмененном виде почками, легкими и ЖКТ.…”