The progress in examinations of functional constipation in children / 临床儿科杂志

ABSTRACT

Functional constipation is a common and frequently occurring disease in childhood. In addition to meeting the clinical di-agnostic criteria for constipation and performing the general routine examinations, there are the need to have further examinations such as colonic transit time measurement, anorectal manometry and colonoscopy in order to rule out other causes. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to introduce several latest research progress in examinations related to constipation in children and to provide some gui-dance and references for clinicians.