Postprandial Changes in Small Bowel Water Content in Healthy Subjects and Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3296826	Gastroenterology	2010	10 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Postprandial SBWC initially decreases, because of rapid, nutrient-driven fluid absorption, and then increases after a mixed liquid/solid meal. Patients with IBS-D have reduced fasting and postprandial SBWC with faster transit, possibly indicating increased small intestinal tone.

Keywords

IBS-D OCTT MRCP IBS FFE MIP AUC MRI Fast field echo analysis of variance ANOVA magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography Magnetic resonance imaging healthy volunteer echo time irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea irritable bowel syndrome body mass index BMI Maximum Intensity Projection area under the curve

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Postprandial Changes in Small Bowel Water Content in Healthy Subjects and Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Authors

Luca Marciani, Eleanor F. Cox, Caroline L. Hoad, Susan Pritchard, John J. Totman, Steve Foley, Amisha Mistry, Steven Evans, Penny A. Gowland, Robin C. Spiller,