"Gastrointestinal Transit" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Passage of food (sometimes in the form of a test meal) through the gastrointestinal tract as measured in minutes or hours. The rate of passage through the intestine is an indicator of small bowel function.
| Descriptor ID |
D005772
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.372.310 G10.261.360.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Gastrointestinal Transit- Gastrointestinal Transit
- Gastrointestinal Transits
- Transit, Gastrointestinal
- Transits, Gastrointestinal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastrointestinal Transit" by people in Profiles.
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Video capsule endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2021 04; 93(4):784-796.
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Inpatient capsule endoscopy leads to frequent incomplete small bowel examinations. World J Gastroenterol. 2012 Sep 28; 18(36):5051-7.
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Update on the management of adults with chronic idiopathic constipation. J Fam Pract. 2007 Jun; 56(6 Suppl Update):S13-9; quiz S20.
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Biological variability and targeted delivery of therapeutics for inflammatory bowel diseases: an in silico approach. Inflamm Allergy Drug Targets. 2007 Mar; 6(1):47-55.
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Paradigm shift in the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Ann Surg. 2003 May; 237(5):638-47; discussion 648-9.
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The effect of intestinal transit time on bacterial translocation. Acta Chir Belg. 1998 Dec; 98(6):245-9.
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The effect of electrical stimulation on colonic transit following spinal cord injury in cats. Spinal Cord. 1998 Dec; 36(12):847-53.
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Which physiologic tests are useful in patients with constipation? Dis Colon Rectum. 1998 Jun; 41(6):735-9.
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Factors influencing bowel function following total abdominal colectomy. Dis Colon Rectum. 1996 Dec; 39(12):1418-22.
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Delayed colonic transit in spinal cord-injured patients measured by indium-111 Amberlite scintigraphy. Am J Gastroenterol. 1995 Aug; 90(8):1295-300.