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Unrecognized Functional Dyspepsia Among Those With Refractory Chronic Constipation: Analysis Of A Tertiary Cohort, Taylor Boyd, Mary Paz, Imama Ahmad, Fatima Rao, Ahmad Samad, Isabelle Garcia-Fischer, Casey Silvernale, Helen Burton Murray, Kyle Staller
Unrecognized Functional Dyspepsia Among Those With Refractory Chronic Constipation: Analysis Of A Tertiary Cohort, Taylor Boyd, Mary Paz, Imama Ahmad, Fatima Rao, Ahmad Samad, Isabelle Garcia-Fischer, Casey Silvernale, Helen Burton Murray, Kyle Staller
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Patients with functional constipation (FC) are frequently dissatisfied with current treatment options which may be related to persistent, unaddressed symptoms. We hypothesized that refractory FC may actually represent functional dyspepsia (FD) overlap. Among adults presenting with refractory FC, we sought to (1) identify the prevalence of concurrent FD and (2) identify the symptoms and presentations most frequently associated with concurrent FD and FC.
METHODS: We assembled a retrospective cohort of 308 patients sequentially presenting to a tertiary neurogastroenterology clinic for evaluation of refractory FC, defined as having failed first-line therapy. Using Rome IV criteria, trained raters identified …