Lower Gastrointestinal Functional and Motility Disorders in Children. 2021

Ricardo Arbizu, and Ben Freiberg, and Leonel Rodriguez
Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Neurogastroenterology and Motility Center, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, 333 Cedar Street, LMP 4093, PO Box 208064, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

Functional and motility gastrointestinal disorders are the most common complaints to the pediatric gastroenterologist. Disorders affecting the small intestine carry a significant morbidity and mortality due to the severe limitation of therapeutic interventions available and the complications associated with such interventions. Congenital colorectal disorders are rare but also carry significant morbidity and poor quality of life plus the social stigma associated with its complications. In this review, we summarize the clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluations, and the therapeutic interventions available for the most common and severe gastrointestinal functional and motility disorders of the small bowel, colon, and anorectum.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007418 Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction A type of ILEUS, a functional not mechanical obstruction of the INTESTINES. This syndrome is caused by a large number of disorders involving the smooth muscles (MUSCLE, SMOOTH) or the NERVOUS SYSTEM. CIPO,Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction,Paralytic Ileus,Pseudo-Obstruction, Intestinal,Visceral Myopathy,Congenital Short Bowel Syndrome,Enteric Neuropathy,Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Idiopathic,Intestinal Pseudoobstruction,Pseudointestinal Obstruction Syndrome,Pseudoobstructive Syndrome,Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction,Enteric Neuropathies,Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction,Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstructions,Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction,Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction, Idiopathic,Intestinal Pseudo-Obstructions,Intestinal Pseudo-Obstructions, Idiopathic,Intestinal Pseudoobstructions,Myopathy, Visceral,Neuropathy, Enteric,Obstruction Syndrome, Pseudointestinal,Pseudo Obstruction, Intestinal,Pseudointestinal Obstruction Syndromes,Pseudoobstruction, Intestinal,Pseudoobstructive Syndromes,Syndrome, Pseudointestinal Obstruction,Syndrome, Pseudoobstructive,Visceral Myopathies
D007421 Intestine, Small The portion of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT between the PYLORUS of the STOMACH and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE. It is divisible into three portions: the DUODENUM, the JEJUNUM, and the ILEUM. Small Intestine,Intestines, Small,Small Intestines
D008297 Male Males
D008365 Manometry Measurement of the pressure or tension of liquids or gases with a manometer. Tonometry,Manometries
D009752 Nutritional Status State of the body in relation to the consumption and utilization of nutrients. Nutrition Status,Status, Nutrition,Status, Nutritional
D011788 Quality of Life A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral, social environment as well as health and disease. HRQOL,Health-Related Quality Of Life,Life Quality,Health Related Quality Of Life
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003108 Colonic Diseases Pathological processes in the COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE). Colonic Disease,Disease, Colonic,Diseases, Colonic

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