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World J Clin Pediatr. Feb 8, 2018; 7(1): 56-61
Published online Feb 8, 2018. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v7.i1.56
Published online Feb 8, 2018. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v7.i1.56
Pediatricians lack knowledge for the diagnosis and management of functional constipation in children over 6 mo of age
Ariani Widodo, Badriul Hegar, Department of Child Health, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
Yvan Vandenplas, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Larbeeeklan, Brussels 1090, Belgium
Author contributions: Widodo A and Hegar B developed the questionnaire and collected and analysed the data of the research; Widodo A and Vandenplas Y wrote the manuscript, which was corrected and approved by Hegar B.
Institutional review board statement: The Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta approved the study protocol.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors report no potential conflict of interest related to this manuscript.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Correspondence to: Yvan Vandenplas, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussels 1090, Belgium. yvan.vandenplas@uzbrussel.be
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Received: December 30, 2016
Peer-review started: January 4, 2017
First decision: March 13, 2017
Revised: August 3, 2017
Accepted: December 4, 2017
Article in press: December 4, 2017
Published online: February 8, 2018
Processing time: 403 Days and 4.6 Hours
Peer-review started: January 4, 2017
First decision: March 13, 2017
Revised: August 3, 2017
Accepted: December 4, 2017
Article in press: December 4, 2017
Published online: February 8, 2018
Processing time: 403 Days and 4.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Diagnosis and management of functional constipation in children by general paediatricians is suboptimal because of a lack of knowledge of published guidelines. Our data confirm that efforts should be made to improve distribution of existing guidelines to primary health care.