Muhammad Shujah, Nawaz Gul, Jamil Imran, Ur Rehman Asad, Hussain Ijaz, Akhter Saeed
Department of Urology and Kidney Transplant, Pakistan Kidney Institute (PKI), Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2015 Nov;25(11):815-8.
To determine the frequency of constipation in patients with pediatric age group presenting with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS).
Descriptive study.
Outpatient Department of Urology in Pakistan Kidney Institute at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, from November 2012 to February 2014.
Two hundred pediatric patients presenting with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) were studied in terms of age, gender, obstructive and irritative types of LUTS along with any associated symptoms. Constipation was assessed by Bristol stool chart in these patients. Patients with exstrophy of bladder were excluded from the study. Descriptive statistics were measured for both qualitative and quantitative variables. For qualitative variables like gender, presenting symptoms, constipation and stool types, percentages and frequencies were calculated. For quantitative variables like age, percentages / mean ±SD were calculated.
Mean age was 6.87 ±3.64 years with a range of 2 - 14 years. Constipation was found in 37.5% of the pediatric patients with lower urinary tract symptoms.
Constipation is frequent and overlooked problem in pediatric patients having urinary symptoms. Irritative lower urinary tract symptoms are more common. Children up to 5 years of age are the most common sufferers. Knowing the burden of constipation in such patients can help physicians in better treatment of such cases.
确定出现下尿路症状（LUTS）的儿童患者便秘的发生率。
描述性研究。
2012年11月至2014年2月，在伊斯兰堡希法国际医院巴基斯坦肾脏研究所泌尿外科门诊。
对200例出现下尿路症状（LUTS）的儿科患者进行年龄、性别、梗阻性和刺激性LUTS类型以及任何相关症状方面的研究。通过布里斯托大便分类法对这些患者的便秘情况进行评估。膀胱外翻患者被排除在研究之外。对定性和定量变量进行描述性统计。对于性别、出现的症状、便秘和大便类型等定性变量，计算百分比和频率。对于年龄等定量变量，计算百分比/均值±标准差。
平均年龄为6.87±3.64岁，范围为2至14岁。在有下尿路症状的儿科患者中，37.5%存在便秘。
便秘在有泌尿系统症状的儿科患者中是常见且易被忽视的问题。刺激性下尿路症状更为常见。5岁以下儿童是最常见的 sufferers。了解此类患者便秘的负担有助于医生更好地治疗此类病例。
