Bhatnagar Shrish, Srivastava Geetika, Ansari Ayub
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2016 Jul-Sep;120(3):537-47.
To define the normal frequency and consistency of stools of healthy Indian children between 0-24 months of age.
Parents of children aged up to 24 months were asked on a three-day recall basis about their child's usual bowel habits and dietary history. Bowel habit was recorded in terms of number of stools the child passes per day, stool consistency, the age at which night bowel movements stopped, and age of regular bowel movements. Feeding type was recorded as exclusive breast feed, mixed milk feeds or on solid feeds. The bowel habits were correlated with the age of the child and type of feeding.
Children in first six months of life had stools which were predominantly "pasty" and "runny like cream" with a frequency of one to two per day. On analyzing the combined effect of type of milk feed and age on bowel frequency and consistency children beyond one month of age either on exclusive breast feed or on mixed milk feed had similar frequency and consistency of stools. By one year of age more than 90% of children had attained regular stool pattern and no night time bowel movements.
First of its kind study from India which describes the stool pattern of normal health children less than two years of age.
确定0至24个月大的健康印度儿童正常的排便频率和粪便稠度。
对24个月及以下儿童的家长进行为期三天的回顾性询问，了解其孩子通常的排便习惯和饮食史。排便习惯记录包括孩子每天排便次数、粪便稠度、夜间排便停止的年龄以及规律排便的年龄。喂养类型记录为纯母乳喂养、混合奶喂养或固体食物喂养。将排便习惯与孩子的年龄和喂养类型进行关联分析。
出生后头六个月的儿童粪便主要为“糊状”和“奶油样稀便”，每天排便一至两次。分析牛奶喂养类型和年龄对排便频率及稠度的综合影响后发现，一个月以上的纯母乳喂养或混合奶喂养的儿童排便频率和稠度相似。到一岁时，超过90%的儿童已形成规律的排便模式，且夜间无排便。
这是来自印度的首次此类研究，描述了两岁以下健康儿童的排便模式。
