corazziari e. la stipsi. asmad 2016
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Enrico S. CorazziariProfessore di Gastroenterologia Università “Sapienza” di Roma
LA STIPSI
1. Must include 2 or more of the following:
a. Straining during more than one-fourth (25%)of defecations
b. Lumpy or hard stools (BSFS 12) more thanone-fourth (25%) of defecations
c. Sensation of incomplete evacuation morethan one-fourth (25%) of defecations
d. Sensation of anorectal obstruction/blockagemore than one-fourth (25%) of defecations
e. Manual maneuvers to facilitate more thanone fourth (25%) of defecations (eg, digitalevacuation, support of the pelvic floor)
f. Fewer than 3 spontaneous bowel movementsper week
2. Loose stools are rarely present without the use of laxatives
3. Insufficient criteria for irritable bowel syndrome
a Criteria fulfilled for the last 3 months with symptom onset at least 6 months prior to diagnosis
Abdominal pain and/or bloating maybe present but are not predominant(iethe patient does not meet criteria forIBS) This supports the concept that FCand IBS-C are disorders that exist on acontinuous spectrum
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THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS FOR FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION
DRUG
PSYLLIUM
PEG
LINACLOTIDE
PRUCALOPRIDE
LUBIPROSTONE NOT IN EU
SECOND LINE THERAPY
FIRST LINE THERAPY
Rome IV- Lacy B.E. et al Gastroenterology 2016;150:1393-1407
MacrogolPolyethylene Glycol (PEG) 3350-4000
InertNot Absorbable Not Fermentable Not Stimulant
FIRST LINE
TREATMENT
IT CAN BE USED FOR ORGANIC
AND OCCASIONAL CONSTIPATION
Pregnancy Diverticular Disease Neurological Terminal Opioids/Drugs Proctitis Diabetics
NOT INDICATED IN
THE PRESENCE OF
Obstruction Perforation
Evidence Level Recommendation Grade
1 A
Rankumar, Rao, AJGE 2005;American College GE, AJGE 2005;
CLINICAL APPROACH TO CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
Diagnostic Algorithm and Treatment
VS
Diagnostic-Therapeutic Algorithm
8
N.= 878 patients
8
20 2123
1315
1 year 2 -5 years 6-10 years 11- 20 years 20 - 30 years More 30 years
Average 17 years
ONSET OF CHRONIC CONSTIPATION (%)
Neri L. et al United European Gastroenterol J
2014;2:138-47
Chronic
Constipation
•GENETIC
•DISEASES
•STRESSORS
PATIENT BEHAVIOR
CNS
PSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS
GI PHYSIOLOGY
PHYSICIANTHERAPY
ENS
BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIO- BEHAVIORAL APPROACH
DIAGNOSTIC THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR PATIENTS WHO
REPORT THE CONTINUOUS USE OF LAXATIVES AND/OR
ENEMAS
DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM
BALANCE FIBRE INTAKE
REDUCE AND/OR DISCONTINUE
LAXATIVES AND ENEMAS
PEG
YESINVESTIGATE NO
CONSTIPATION
NORMAL BOWEL
MOVEMENTS UPON
DISCONTINUATION
NO
CONSTIPATION
ALARM FEATURES? CAUSES OF
CONSTIPATION?
PAIN
&CONSTIPATION
IBS-C
DIAGNOSTIC THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR PATIENTS WHO
DO NOT USE LAXATIVES OR USE CATHARTIC LAXATIVES OR
ENEMAS ON DEMAND
BALANCE FIBRE INTAKE
BOWEL RE-EDUCATION AND
PEG
ALARM FEATURES? CAUSES OF
CONSTIPATION?
YESINVESTIGATE NO
YES
FECAL IMPACTION?
NO
PEG, LAVAGE AND/OR
ENEMA
DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM
TREAT ACCORDINGLY TREAT WITH
DIAGNOSTIC-THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL Rome IV Diagnostic
Criteria
REVERSIBLE IRREVERSIBLE
Neuropathies
FIRST LINE
LAXATIVE
Drugs
Stenosis
Hypothyrodism
Hypercalcemia Cognitive Impairment
Myopathies
Drugs
IF FAILURE
ENTEROKINETICS / SECRETAGOGUES ±LAXATIVES
DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM
BALANCE FIBER INTAKE
TOILET TRAINING
PEG
ALARM FACTORSI?
BOWELNORMALIZED?
YESASSESS
ALTERATIONS?
YES
TREATMENT
N
O
YES
MAINTAIN THERAPY
NO
BOWELNORMALIZED?
REFRACTORY CONSTIPATION
SECOND LINE LAXATIVE
N
O
NO
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
YES
YESASSESS
ALTERATIONS?
YES
TREATMENT
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
ALARM FACTORS?
NO
FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION
BALANCE FIBER INTAKE
TOILET TRAINING
ETC
EUROPEAN DIAGNOSTIC THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
Tack et al. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011;
IBS-C FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION
NOT RESPONDING TO EMPIRIC THERAPY
INVESTIGATE ANORECTAL FUNCTION
SLOW COLONIC TRANSIT
CONSTIPATIONSLOW RECTAL TRANSIT
CONSTIPATION
«PATIENTS WHO DO NOT RESPOND TO REASONABLE TRIALS OF
EMPYRIC THERAPY SHOULD UNDERGO DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION TO
IDENTIFY PHYSIOLOGICAL SUBGROUPS. RADIOPAQUE MARKERS CAN
BE USED TO EVALUATE COLON ( AND RECTAL) TRANSIT»
ROME IV RECOMMENDATION - Lacy B.E. et al Gastroenterology 2016;150:1393-1407
DIAGNOSTIC THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY CONSTIPATION
WITH SLOWED COLONIC TRANSIT AND NORMAL ANO-RECTAL FUNCTIONDIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM
BULKING AGENTS
SLOWED TRANSIT CONFIRMED
NO RESPONSE
SECOND TRANSIT TIME (TT) STUDY (± BLINDING)
PSYCHIATRIC
CONSULTANCY
DIAGNOSTIC/THERAPEUTIC
ALGORITHM FOR PATIENTS
WITH NORMAL TRANSIT
YESDENIAL OF EVACUATION?
DURING TT
PEG AND/OR SECOND LINE
LAXATIVE AND/OR
ENTEROKINETICS/SECRETAGOGUES
NO RESPONSE
RESPONSE
NORMAL TRANSIT
EVALUATE
COLECTOMY
NO
EXCLUDED AND-RECTAL DYSFUNCTION
IS FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION NONORGANIC?
Functional constipation can progress to organic
constipation
Fecal stasis can cause organic lesions
MEGACOLON
SILENT CONSTIPATION
Fecal stasis and no referred bowel symptoms
COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, PSYCHO, ERRONEOUS
BELIEFSClinical presentationAbdominal Distension/Pain
Onset with Complications Children/ElderlyObstruction/perforation
Megarectum/Megacolon
Volvulus
Fecal Incontinence
Urinary Retention
Psycho-motor agitation
DiagnosisBristol stool form type 1 & 2
Rectal examination
Abdominal physical examination: palpable fecal masses
Scout film of the abdomen
ABDOMINAL PAIN. REDUCED BOWEL
FREQUENCY AND PERSISTENT FECAL STASIS
IDROCOLON
SILENT CONSTIPATIONUse of laxatives
PSYCHO, ERRONEOUS BELIEFS
Clinical presentation
Unaware or denied use of laxatives
Abdominal Distension/Pain
Bristol stool form type 6 & 7
Cramps
Astenia
Fecal Incontinence
DiagnosisBristol stool form type 6 & 7
Rectal examination
Scout film of the abdomen
Hypokalemia
Stop Laxatives and bowel diary
ENVIRONMENTAL &
PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
Stool retention and bowel postponement
Incorrect beliefs
Dietetic constipation
Psychological Alterations
Anxiety and Stressful events
Depression
Anorexia & Bulimia
Obsessive -Compulsive ritual to defecate
Surreptitious constipation
Factitious constipation
SILENT/SYMTOMATIC FUNCTIONAL ORGANIC CONSTIPATION
SILENT CONSTIPATION SYMPTOMATIC CONSTIPATION
NO SYMPTOMS
BLOATING
DYSPEPSIA
ABDOMINAL PAIN
FECAL STASIS
COMPLICATEDFECALOMA
OBSTRUCTION
PERFORATION
MEGARECTUM
MEGACOLON
FECAL STASIS
HARD STOOLS <25 %REDUCED BOWEL FREQUENCY STRAINING
AT STOOLS
INCOMPLETE EVACUATION
DIGITAL FACILITATIONS
SENSATION OF ANORECTAL OBSTRUCTION
DIAGNOSIS OF GASTROENTEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN PREGNANCY
%
HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM 15.1
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX 14.3
CONSTIPATION 13.0
HEMATOCHEZIA 5.1
NEW GI SYMPTOMS 35.4
WORSENING OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITION 24.4
PREGNANCY-RECURRENT SYMPTOMS 15.1
Saha et al J Women Health 2011
T Poskus, et al. BJOG 2014;121:1666-1672
RISK FACTORS FOR RECTOANAL PATHOLOGY AND
DYSFUNCTIONS AFTER PREGNANCY
DETECT FECAL STASIS AND PREVENT
CONSTIPATION SYMPTOMS AND
COMPLICATIONS
Suspect condition in
Diverticular Disease
Opioids/Drugs
Care Homes
Bed-ridden
Neurological
Terminal
Proctitis
Pregnancy
CHECK-LIST FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF
FECAL STASIS AND CONSTIPATION
PREDISPOSING
CONDITIONS- Drugs
- Neuropathies
- Cognitive Impairment
- Mobility
-Pregnancy
DEFECATORY PATTERN- Straining
- Bowel Frequency BRISTOL STOOL FORM SCALE
- Use of Laxatives/Enemas
Rectal Examination
CONCLUSIONS
Diagnose and treat symptomatic chronic constipation
from the very beginning of the clinical work out
Suspect silent constipation in the presence of
predisposing conditions. A scout film of the abdomen is
simple, cheap and useful (except in pregnancy)
Prevent complications of chronic constipation
Master ECM in Gastroenterologia 2016
QUESTIONARIO DI VALUTAZIONE FINALE25 Novembre 2016
NORMAL INHIBITION DYSSYNERGIA
MANOMETRIC ANAL BEHAVIOUR
DURING STRAINING TO DEFECATE
Pelvic DyssynergiaRepeated straining
HemorrhoidFecal
incontinence
BEHAVIOUR, ORGANIC & FUNCTIONAL DISORDER INTERACTION LEADING TO IMPAIRED DEFECATION &
RECTO-ANAL COMPLICATIONS
Solitary rectal ulcer
Mucosal intussusception
Rectocele
Rectal prolapse
Pudendal nerve injury
Perineal descent
Pelvic floor dyssynergia
TITOLO
T Poskus, et al. BJOG 2014;121:1666-1672
T Poskus, et al. BJOG 2014;121:1666-1672
CONCLUSIONS
ANORECTAL DYSFUNCTION AND PATHOLOGY
DEVELOPING DURING PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM
can be prevented or minimized detecting and treating
1) INTESTINAL DYSFUNCTION PRECEDING PREGNANCY
2) PREGNANCY DE NOVO CONSTIPATION AND
ALTERED DEFECATION
4) EXCESSIVE DURATION OF DELIVERY
5) DELIVERY LESIONS
• Inserire
• 1. le sequele della gravidanza
• 2. la stipsi come fattore di rischio delle sequele post partum
• 3.diap del behaviour organic- functionaldeterminants of complications
SILENT
CONSTIPATION
SYMPTOMATIC
CONSTIPATION
HARD STOOLS
REDUCED BOWEL FREQUENCY
STRAINING AT STOOLS
INCOMPLETE EVACUATION
DIGITAL FACILITATION
SENSATION OF ANAL BLOCKADE
DEFECATORY
ALTERATIONS
NORMAL OR LOOSE STOOLS
REPETITIVE DEFECATIONS
NO SYMPTOMS
BLOATING
ABDOMINAL PAIN
COMPLICATED
FECALOMA
OBSTRUCTION
PERFORATION
SILENT
CONSTIPATION
SYMPTOMATIC
CONSTIPATION
HARD STOOLS
REDUCED BOWEL FREQUENCY
STRAINING AT STOOLS
INCOMPLETE EVACUATION
DIGITAL FACILITATION
SENSATION OF ANAL BLOCKADE
DEFECATORY
ALTERATIONS
NORMAL OR LOOSE STOOLS
REPETITIVE DEFECATIONS
NO SYMPTOMS
BLOATING
ABDOMINAL PAIN
COMPLICATED
FECALOMA
OBSTRUCTION
PERFORATION
SILENT
CONSTIPATION
FECAL STASIS
SILENT CONSTIPATION
NO
SYMPTOMATIC
CONSTIPATION
HARD STOOLS
REDUCED BOWEL FREQUENCY
STRAINING AT STOOLS
INCOMPLETE EVACUATION
DIGITAL FACILITATION
SENSATION OF ANAL BLOCKADE
DEFECATORY
ALTERATIONS
NORMAL OR LOOSE STOOLS
REPETITIVE DEFECATIONS
NO SYMPTOMS
BLOATING
ABDOMINAL PAIN
COMPLICATED
FECALOMA
OBSTRUCTION
PERFORATION
REFERRED CONSTIPATION ABDOMINAL PAIN
AND USE OF LAXATIVES
WITHDRAW LAXATIVES
NO PAINNO CONSTIPATION
DIARY
IBS-C PAINLESS CONSTIPATION
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
Asymptomatic (silent) constipation
Symptomatic constipation
Functional constipation
IBS-constipation type
Altered Defecatory Pattern
Happy period constipation
Psychosocial Factors
Patient’s behavior
Abdomino-pelvic dyssynergia
Hard Pellety like stools
Fecal retention
Altered pre-defecatory motor pattern
Rectocele/intussusception
Altered ano-rectal sensitivity
SUSPECT ANORECTAL
PATHOLOGY IN DEFECATORY
ALTERATIONS
RECIPROCAL CAUSAL ASSOCIATION
WITH DEFECATORY STRAINING
HemorrhoidsAnal Fissure
Rectal Prolapse
Rectocele
Solitary Rectal Ulcer
SILENTE
PREVENZIONE
COMPLICANZE
NO
PRESENTAZIONE STIPSI CRONICA
SI
USO CONTINUO LAX/CLIST?
RIFERITA
HA I CRITERI
DIAGNOSTICI ROMA III?
RIDURRE
SOSPENDERE
LAX / CLIS
NO SI
NON STIPSI STIPSI CRONICA
COMPLICATA
55
12
88
Sì
No
Valori %
2. Il paziente ha episodi di diarrea ?
Solo in occasione
dell’assunzione di lassativi
3. Il paziente ha dolore o fastidio addominale
ricorrente (almeno 3 gg al mese negli ultimi 3 mesi)?
61
39
Sì No
Base: 878 pazienti
4. A quale delle seguenti caratteristiche si associa il
dolore\fastidio del paziente ? Il dolore\fastidio…
82
38 37
…migliora in seguito a defecazione
…viene indotto o aggravato
dall'assunzione di cibo
...è il sintomoprevalente
manifestato dalpaziente
Dati clinici del paziente con stipsi cronica
Diagnostic Criteriaa for IBS-C
Recurrent abdominal pain at
least 1 day weekly for the last 3
months, and 2 or more of the
following:
Related to defecation
Associated with reduced bowel movements (fewer
than 3/week)
Associated with hard or lumpy stools
Diagnostic Criteriaa for Functional Constipation
Presence of 2 or more of the following:
Straining in at least 25% of bowel movements.
Hard stools in at least 25% of bowel movements.
Sensation of incomplete evacuation in at least 25% of bowel
movements.
Sensation of anorectal blockage in at least 25% of bowel
movements.
Manual maneuvers to facilitate defecation in at least 25% of
bowel movements.
Fewer than 3 bowel movements per week.
Patients with FC should not meet IBS
criteria, although
abdominal pain and/or bloating may be
present but are not predominant
symptoms
4
4
4
3
7
4
5
6
5
6
7
7
11
11
24
18
15
36
24
36
59
48
13
18
14
18
19
18
21
23
25
22
17
20
27
30
31
32
23
27
35
21
29
20
11
17
30
27
28
24
21
22
19
11
14
12
6
8
20
14
13
12
11
9
5
5
4
4
3
2
4
5
Non indica 0 Assente 1 Leggero 2 Moderato 3 Forte 4 Molto forte
Fare sforzi o spingere molto
Perdita di sangue/taglietti all'ano
Gonfiore
Feci piccole
Sensazione di evacuazione incompleta
Feci dure
Dolori andando di corpo
Dolori alla pancia
Dover andare di corpo
senza riuscire
Bruciore all'ano
Fastidio all'addome
Crampi allo stomaco
Valori %Base: 878 pazienti 27
Quanto è stato forte ciascuno di questi disturbi nelle ultime 2 settimane
L’intensità e la tipologia di disturbi
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SYMPTOMATIC PRESENTATION
CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
THE CONSTIPATION UNIVERSE
Rey E et al. Am J Gastroenterol, 4 March 2014;doi:10.1038/ajg.2014.18
D60D60
Relationship between Functional constipation and
Abdominal pain/bloating
Functionalconstipation
IBS –C
Abdominal pain / Bloating
-+
Nor functional constipation nor
IBS
IBS FLOW CHARTfurther diagnostic evaluation
Prevalence of abnormal response on straining
V.P. Suttor, et al. Dis Colon Rectum 2010;53:156-160
AGE RELATED FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION
Pediatric 10% Defecatory Alterations
Adult 10-20% Female-Male 4:1Slow Transit & Defecatory Alterations
Old Age 20-30% Defecatory AlterationsPrevail
Effetto della ritenzione fecale sul dolore addominale nel bambino
81% 57%
Dolore addominale
Dolore addominale alleviato
dall’evacuazione
CORAZZIARI et al. 1998
Diagnostic Criteria a for IBSRecurrent abdominal pain at
least 1 day weekly for the last 3
months, and 2 or more of the
following:
Related to defecation
Associated with reduced bowel movements
(fewer than 3/week)
Associated with hard or lumpy stools
Diagnostic Criteria a for Functional ConstipationPresence of 2 or more of the following:
Straining in at least 25% of bowel movements.
Hard stools in at least 25% of bowel movements.
Sensation of incomplete evacuation in at least 25% of bowel
movements.
Sensation of anorectal blockage in at least 25% of bowel movements.
Manual maneuvers to facilitate defecation in at least 25% of bowel
movements.
Fewer than 3 bowel movements per week.
Diagnostic Criteria for Functional Defecation
Disorders1. The patient must satisfy diagnostic criteria for functional
constipation and/or irritable bowel syndrome with constipation
2. During repeated attempts to defecate, there must be features
of impaired evacuation, as demonstrated by 2 of the following
3 tests:
a. Abnormal balloon expulsion test
b. Abnormal anorectal evacuation pattern with manometry or
anal surface EMG
c. Impaired rectal evacuation by imaging
Diagnostic Criteria a for Functional Abdominal
Bloating/DistensionMust include both of the following:
1. Recurrent bloating and/or distention occurring, on average, at
least 1 day per week; abdominal bloating and/or distention
predominates over other symptoms.b
2. There are insufficient criteria for a diagnosis of irritable bowel
syndrome, functional constipation,
ROME IV DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
IBS-C vs CCA SINGLE WELL CAMOUFLAGED CONDITION
SEVERE ABDOMINAL SYMPTOMS
IN IBS-C PATIENTS
S. Satish, et al. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014;12:616-623
Colonic Transit Time in Functional Constipation and IBS-
C PatientsFunctional Constipation
Italian Coop Study on Constipation*
Normal Transit 17 %
Slowed transit 83 %
*Corazziari et al 1982
IBS-C
Several Studies
Slowed transit 23-47 %
Ansari et al 2010 ; Manabe et al 2010; Tornblon et al 2012; Mertz et al 1999
titolo
S. Satish, et al. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014;12:616-623
IBS AND PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTIONS
IBS
Does not cause Pelvic Floor Alterations
May be caused by Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions (e.g. fecal retention)
May be the cause of
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Urgency
Incontinence
CAUSES OF DEFECATORY SYMPTOMS
DEFECATORY SYMPTOMS Sense of Incomplete
Evacuation Straining at Stools Loss of defecatory
stimulus Frequent and fractional
evacuation Anal Blockade
Hard Pellety like stools Fecal retention Weak Propulsion Megarectum Dyssynergia Altered predefecatory
motor colon pattern Rectocele/intussusseption Loss of, or increased
threshold for, defecatorystimulus
Hypersensitive rectum Up-regulation of central
urge perception
FINAL CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON CONSTIPATION
ROME CRITERIA
Categorize the major functional GI syndromes
Cannot identify all subtypes of patients
IBS-C AND FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION BELONG TO THE SAME SPECTRUM OF CLINICAL SYNDROMES CHARACTERIZED BY THE VARIABLE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT MODALITIES OF GI TRANSIT AND VISCERAL SENSITIVITY
IN CLINICAL PRACTICE IDENTIFY THE SUBTYPES OF CONSTIPATION WITH OR
WITHOUT ABDOMINAL PAIN THAT CAN FAVORABLY RESPOND TO A TREATMENT ABLE TO NORMALIZE THE SLOWED TRANSIT AND REDUCE THE VISCERAL SENSITIVITY
IBS FLOW CHARTfurther diagnostic evaluation
75Valori %
3. Da quanto tempo il paziente soffre di stipsi cronica ?
Base: 878 pazienti
8
20 2123
1315
Fino a 1 anno 2 -5 anni 6-10 anni 11- 20 anni 20 - 30 anni Oltre 30 anni
In media da 17 anni
11. Ha mai subito un intervento chirurgico per la stipsi cronica ?
6
93
1
SìNoNon indica
Hanno subito intervento chirurgico n=49
S.T.A.R.R. 39%
Emorroidi / Milligan Morgan 18%
Rettocele/enterocele 8%
Plastica perineale 8%
Prolasso rettale 6%
Neurostimolazione sacrale 4%
Resezione del sigma 4%
Altri interventi (colposacropessia, emicole,
laparoscopia, intussuscezione…) 12%
Dati clinici del paziente con stipsi cronica
Rome IV. Lacy B.E. et al Gastroenterology 2016;150:1393-1407
DIAGNOSTIC-THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL Rome IV Diagnostic Criteria
REVERSIBLE IRREVERSIBLE
Neuropathies
FIRST/SECOND
LINE LA Drugs
Stenosis
Hypothyrodism
Hypercalcemia Cognitive Impairment
Myopathies
Drugs
IF FAILURE
TREAT ACCORDINGLY TREAT WITH
Diagnostic Criteria for IBSRecurrent abdominal pain at
least 1 day weekly for the last 3
months, and 2 or more of the
following:
Related to defecation
Associated with reduced bowel movements
(fewer than 3/week)
Associated with hard or lumpy stools
Diagnostic Criteria for Functional ConstipationPresence of 2 or more of the following:
Straining in at least 25% of bowel movements.
Hard stools in at least 25% of bowel movements.
Sensation of incomplete evacuation in at least 25% of bowel
movements.
Sensation of anorectal blockage in at least 25% of bowel movements.
Manual maneuvers to facilitate defecation in at least 25% of bowel
movements.
Fewer than 3 bowel movements per week.
Diagnostic Criteria for Functional Defecation
Disorders1. The patient must satisfy diagnostic criteria for functional
constipation and/or irritable bowel syndrome with constipation
2. During repeated attempts to defecate, there must be features
of impaired evacuation, as demonstrated by 2 of the following
3 tests:
a. Abnormal balloon expulsion test
b. Abnormal anorectal evacuation pattern with manometry or
anal surface EMG
c. Impaired rectal evacuation by imaging
Diagnostic Criteria a for Functional Abdominal
Bloating/DistensionMust include both of the following:
1. Recurrent bloating and/or distention occurring, on average, at
least 1 day per week; abdominal bloating and/or distention
predominates over other symptoms.
2. There are insufficient criteria for a diagnosis of irritable bowel
syndrome, functional constipation,
ROME IV DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA