AIM:To ascertain whether caecal pH is different in patients with irritable bowel syndrome(IBS),whose primary symptoms are bloating and distension,to healthy controls.METHODS:Motility and pH data were reviewed from16 p...AIM:To ascertain whether caecal pH is different in patients with irritable bowel syndrome(IBS),whose primary symptoms are bloating and distension,to healthy controls.METHODS:Motility and pH data were reviewed from16 patients with RomeⅢdefined IBS and 16 healthy controls,who had undergone a wireless motility capsule(WMC)study using a standardized protocol.Motility measures were anchored around known anatomical landmarks as identified by compartmental pH changes.Sixty-minute epochs were used to quantify antral,duodenal,ileal,caecal and distal colonic contractility.The maximum and minimum pH was measured either side of the ileo-caecal junction.RESULTS:No differences were seen in motility parameters,compartmental transit times or maximal ileal pH between the two groups.Caecal pH was significantly lower in patients compared to controls(5.12±0.05vs 6.16±0.15,P<0.0001).The ileal:caecalΔchange was greater in patients than controls(-2.63±0.08 vs-1.42±0.11,P<0.0001).There was a significant correlation between caecal pH and right colonic contractility(r=0.54,P=0.002).CONCLUSION:Patients with bloating and distension have a lower caecal pH compared to controls.The measurement of caecal pH using the WMC provides a quantifiable biomarker of fermentation potentially identifying those patients that may preferentially benefit from antibiotic or dietary interventions.展开更多
Colonic motility subserves large bowel functions, including absorption, storage, propulsion and defaecation. Co-lonic motor dysfunction remains the leading hypothesis to explain symptom generation in chronic constipat...Colonic motility subserves large bowel functions, including absorption, storage, propulsion and defaecation. Co-lonic motor dysfunction remains the leading hypothesis to explain symptom generation in chronic constipation, a heterogeneous condition which is extremely prevalent in the general population, and has huge socioeconomic impact and individual suffering. Physiological testing plays a crucial role in patient management, as it is now accepted that symptom-based assessment, although im-portant, is unsatisfactory as the sole means of directing therapy. Colonic manometry provides a direct method for studying motor activities of the large bowel, and this review provides a contemporary understanding of how this technique has enhanced our knowledge of normalcolonic motor physiology, as well as helping to elucidate pathophysiological mechanisms underlying constipation. Methodological approaches, including available catheter types, placement technique and recording protocols, are covered, along with a detailed description of re-corded colonic motor activities. This review also criti-cally examines the role of colonic manometry in current clinical practice, and how manometric assessment may aid diagnosis, classification and guide therapeutic inter-vention in the constipated individual. Most importantly, this review considers both adult and paediatric patients. Limitations of the procedure and a look to the future are also addressed.展开更多
基金Supported by A Grant from the SmartPill Corporation
文摘AIM:To ascertain whether caecal pH is different in patients with irritable bowel syndrome(IBS),whose primary symptoms are bloating and distension,to healthy controls.METHODS:Motility and pH data were reviewed from16 patients with RomeⅢdefined IBS and 16 healthy controls,who had undergone a wireless motility capsule(WMC)study using a standardized protocol.Motility measures were anchored around known anatomical landmarks as identified by compartmental pH changes.Sixty-minute epochs were used to quantify antral,duodenal,ileal,caecal and distal colonic contractility.The maximum and minimum pH was measured either side of the ileo-caecal junction.RESULTS:No differences were seen in motility parameters,compartmental transit times or maximal ileal pH between the two groups.Caecal pH was significantly lower in patients compared to controls(5.12±0.05vs 6.16±0.15,P<0.0001).The ileal:caecalΔchange was greater in patients than controls(-2.63±0.08 vs-1.42±0.11,P<0.0001).There was a significant correlation between caecal pH and right colonic contractility(r=0.54,P=0.002).CONCLUSION:Patients with bloating and distension have a lower caecal pH compared to controls.The measurement of caecal pH using the WMC provides a quantifiable biomarker of fermentation potentially identifying those patients that may preferentially benefit from antibiotic or dietary interventions.
基金Supported by NH&MRC Australia (ID 630502) (to Dinning PG)
文摘Colonic motility subserves large bowel functions, including absorption, storage, propulsion and defaecation. Co-lonic motor dysfunction remains the leading hypothesis to explain symptom generation in chronic constipation, a heterogeneous condition which is extremely prevalent in the general population, and has huge socioeconomic impact and individual suffering. Physiological testing plays a crucial role in patient management, as it is now accepted that symptom-based assessment, although im-portant, is unsatisfactory as the sole means of directing therapy. Colonic manometry provides a direct method for studying motor activities of the large bowel, and this review provides a contemporary understanding of how this technique has enhanced our knowledge of normalcolonic motor physiology, as well as helping to elucidate pathophysiological mechanisms underlying constipation. Methodological approaches, including available catheter types, placement technique and recording protocols, are covered, along with a detailed description of re-corded colonic motor activities. This review also criti-cally examines the role of colonic manometry in current clinical practice, and how manometric assessment may aid diagnosis, classification and guide therapeutic inter-vention in the constipated individual. Most importantly, this review considers both adult and paediatric patients. Limitations of the procedure and a look to the future are also addressed.
