[PDF] Top 20 A systematic review and meta-analysis: probiotics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

... Four trials aimed to report quality of life (QoL) but inad- equate data prevented pooling of the results. In a study by O'Mahony et al [27] QoL was assessed by administration of an IBS specific questionnaire. They ... See full document

... of systematic review and meta- analysis for the efficacy and safety of ramosetron for ...and treatment and follow-up duration (12 weeks), results in high comparability of our results ... See full document

... this systematic review and meta-analysis sug- gests that moxibustion may provide benefit to patients with IBS, there are several issues to be considered before recommending it to ...dosage, ... See full document

... Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterised by abdominal pain and alteration in bowel habit in the absence of a structural or biochemical abnormality 1 ...to treatment of IBS 6 , ... See full document

... the systematic review and were retrieved for further assessment (Figure ...IBS-C treatment trial, and they were, therefore, excluded from the ... See full document

... cognitive, behavioral, and emotional responses to symptoms. This may lead to a reduction in the anxiety that results from such symptoms, which can itself drive exacerbations of IBS via the enteric nervous system, and ... See full document

... recent systematic review and meta-analysis of 35 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the use of probiotics in patients with IBS reported an overall relative risk (RR) of ... See full document

... Rats of the HPM group received the same fixation and hair located around the acupoints was cut off to expose the local skin before treatment. The acupoints of bilateral Ganyu (BL18), Piyu (BL20), Zusanli (ST36), ... See full document

... Current management practices for PI-IBS are largely based on the studies of patients with non-infectious IBS, and the treatments are mostly focused on symptom allevi- ation [8, 11]. For instance, patients are prescribed ... See full document

... homeopathic treatment (consultation plus remedy) to usual care (defined as high doses of dicyclomine hydrochloride, faecal bulking agents and diet sheets asking the patient to take a high fibre diet) for the ... See full document

... Irritable Bowel Syndrome: IBS is the most common intestinal disorders in industrialised and developing countries which cause major healthcare expenses 31 ...altered bowel habits in the absence ... See full document

... GWAS meta-analysis of pa- tients with IBS, they found SNPs in regulation of ion channel activity such as SCN5A and SI as the most plausible pathway affecting ...GWAS analysis are ... See full document

... inflammatory bowel disease, or diverticular disease, only 27 patients in the study population having a confirmed diagnosis of IBS, and the generalisability of the results, given that the test was applied in female ... See full document

... There are three general techniques by which the intestinal microflora can be adjusted: Administration of antibiotics or probiotics (i.e. Dietary components that promote the growth and the metabolic activity of ... See full document

... this meta-analysis, that testing for CD remains acceptable in terms of cost, although the prevalence of CD falls slightly short of making serological testing the dominant ... See full document

... The Quality in Prognostic Studies (QUIPS) tool developed by Hayden, van der Windt, Cartwright, Cote´, Bombardier [19] was also considered for risk of bias assessment. The QUIPS tool is comprised of six important domains ... See full document

... 4) treatment settings: inpatients ...effects meta-regression was used to evaluate the impact of continuous moderating variables, such as age, proportion of females, sample size and the Newcastle-Ottawa ... See full document

... recent meta-analysis of the effi- cacy and tolerability of both GC-C agonists concluded that the treatment effects of each drug relative to placebo were comparable and that there was no significant ... See full document

... A thorough history is the most important element in the clinical assessment of the constipated patient. The physician must be vigilant for the presence of red flag symptoms, such as weight loss or rectal bleeding, which ... See full document

... tures of IBS are a change in bowel habit in the presence of abdominal pain or discomfort. Patients are subtyped accord- ing to the predominant stool pattern they report: IBS with diarrhea; IBS with constipation; ... See full document