"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastrointestinal Transit" by people in Profiles.
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Martinez EE, Pereira LM, Gura K, Stenquist N, Ariagno K, Nurko S, Mehta NM. Gastric Emptying in Critically Ill Children. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2017 09; 41(7):1100-1109.
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Pensabene L, Buonomo C, Fishman L, Chitkara D, Nurko S. Lack of utility of abdominal x-rays in the evaluation of children with constipation: comparison of different scoring methods. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Aug; 51(2):155-9.
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Gui X, Dobner PR, Carraway RE. Endogenous neurotensin facilitates enterohepatic bile acid circulation by enhancing intestinal uptake in rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2001 Dec; 281(6):G1413-22.
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Castagliuolo I, Leeman SE, Bartolak-Suki E, Nikulasson S, Qiu B, Carraway RE, Pothoulakis C. A neurotensin antagonist, SR 48692, inhibits colonic responses to immobilization stress in rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Oct 29; 93(22):12611-5.