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Poor reproducibility of breath hydrogen testing: Implications for its application in functional bowel disorders.
Yao, Chu K; Tuck, Caroline J; Barrett, Jacqueline S; Canale, Kim Ek; Philpott, Hamish L; Gibson, Peter R.
Afiliación
  • Yao CK; Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University and Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Tuck CJ; Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University and Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Barrett JS; Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University and Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Canale KE; Department of Gastroenterology, Eastern Health Clinical School, Box Hill, Australia.
  • Philpott HL; Department of Gastroenterology, Eastern Health Clinical School, Box Hill, Australia.
  • Gibson PR; Department of Gastroenterology, Monash University and Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
United European Gastroenterol J ; 5(2): 284-292, 2017 Mar.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28344797
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Limited data are available regarding the reproducibility of lactulose and fructose breath testing for clinical application in functional bowel disorders.

OBJECTIVES:

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reproducibility of lactulose and fructose breath hydrogen testing and assess symptom response to fructose testing.

METHODS:

Results were analysed from 21 patients with functional bowel disorder with lactulose breath tests and 30 with fructose breath tests who completed another test >2 weeks later. Oro-caecal transit time, hydrogen responses, both qualitatively (positive/negative) and quantitatively (area under the curve (AUC) for hydrogen), were compared between tests. In another 36 patients, data scores for overall abdominal symptoms, abdominal pain, bloating, wind, nausea and fatigue were collected during the fructose test and compared to hydrogen responses.

RESULTS:

No correlations were found for lactulose AUC (linear regression, p = 0.58) or transit time (Spearman's p = 0.54) between tests. A significant proportion (30%) lost the presence of fructose malabsorption (p < 0.01). Hydrogen AUC for fructose did not correlate between tests, (r = 0.28, p = 0.17) independent of time between testing (p = 0.82). Whilst patients with fructose malabsorption were more likely to report symptoms than those without (56% vs 17%; p = 0.04), changes in symptom severity were not different (p > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS:

Routine use of lactulose and fructose breath tests in functional bowel disorder patients is not supported due to its poor reproducibility and low predictive value for symptom responses.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: United European Gastroenterol J Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Australia

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: United European Gastroenterol J Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Australia