Flatulence

09/01/2015 - "This study was conducted to investigate the effect of open and controlled fermentation on the proximate composition, mineral elements, antinutritional factors and flatulence-causing oligosaccharides in Vigna racemosa. "
10/01/2015 - "lactis led to a significant decrease in flatulence causing oligosaccharides. "
01/01/2014 - "Soybeans and other pulses contain oligosaccharides which may cause intestinal disturbances such as flatulence. "
08/01/2001 - "The consumption of fructo oligosaccharides led to a small (6%; P < 0.02) increase in stool frequency in the pre-holiday period and gave a significantly better sense of 'well-being' during the holiday, although subjects reported more flatulence. "
12/01/1991 - "fermentum B-585 reduced the content of flatulence oligosaccharides. "

08/01/2000 - "In particular, in patients treated with rifaximin, a significant reduction in the mean number of flatus episodes and of mean abdominal girth was evident. "
02/01/2006 - "Rifaximin is a safe and effective treatment for abdominal bloating and flatulence, including in IBS patients. "
02/01/2006 - "To study the efficacy of rifaximin, a nonabsorbable antibiotic, in relieving chronic functional symptoms of bloating and flatulence. "
02/01/2006 - "A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of rifaximin in patients with abdominal bloating and flatulence."
02/01/2006 - "Recent evidence suggests a potential role for bacterial overgrowth in some patients with IBS; the study discussed herein provides further support for this concept by describing an amelioration of bloating and flatulence following a short course of the poorly absorbed antibiotic, rifaximin."

06/01/2014 - "The pooled results demonstrated that gum chewing is superior to no gum chewing with a reduction of 6.42 hours (95% CI -7.55 to -5.29) for time to first flatus, 3.62 hours (95% CI -6.41 to -0.83) for time to first bowel sound, 6.58 hours (95% CI -10.10 to -3.07) for time to first stool and 5.94 hours (95% CI -9.39 to -2.49) for LOS. "
08/01/2014 - "Across all studies, patients in the gum-chewing experimental group both passed flatus and defecated before those in the non-gum-chewing control group. "
03/01/2007 - "Studies have documented that gum chewing decreases time to flatus and first defecation after surgery. "
11/01/2015 - " treated with SMD and acupuncture or with chewing gum experienced significantly shorter time to first peristalsis, flatus, and defecation than the no-intervention group (all P < 0.05). "
11/01/2015 - "Gum chewing did not significantly shorten the time to the first flatus (53 ± 2 vs 49 ± 26 hours; p = 0.481; gum vs control group), time to first bowel movement (94 ± 44 vs 109 ± 34 hours; p = 0.234), or the colonic transit time (88 ± 28 vs 88 ± 21 hours; p = 0.968). "

12/01/2014 - "Reported flatulence (mean ± SD) was rated higher with chickpea (1.0 ± 0.2, P < 0.001) and raffinose (0.7 ± 0.2, P < 0.001) compared with control (0.4 ± 0.1). "
01/01/2014 - "Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) are mainly responsible for flatulence by taking soybean derived food products. "
09/01/2012 - "Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) are mainly responsible for flatulence on taking of soybean derived food products. "
08/15/2011 - "The technique of germinating the seeds for 16 h followed by autoclaving, cooking and pressure cooking for the reduction of raffinose family oligosaccharides is a promising solution to overcome flatulence and increase the overall acceptance of red gram among general populace."
08/15/2011 - "However, raffinose family oligosaccharides present in red gram seed hinder its consumption as it is not digested by normal human carbohydrases and is further fermented by intestinal microflora, which induces flatulence. "

07/01/1998 - "The aims of the present study were to determine the role of sulphur-containing gases in flatus odour and test the efficacy of a device purported to reduce this odour. "
08/01/2010 - "The majority of these gases are eliminated via flatus or absorbed into systemic circulation and expelled from the lungs. "
02/15/2013 - "This problem may be more significant on commercial airplanes where many people are seated in limited space and where changes in volume of intestinal gases, due to altered cabin pressure, increase the amount of potential flatus. "
04/01/2009 - "Now we expose important data on definition and cardinal symptoms of the flatulence syndrome and, besides, on accumulated knowledge in relation to digestive tract gases."
01/01/2006 - "Flatulence rich in bacterial gases might be the price for the large bowel water reabsorption. "

11/01/2010 - "alpha-Galactosidase from Bacillus megaterium VHM1 and its application in removal of flatulence-causing factors from soymilk."
09/01/2006 - "Reduction of flatus-inducing factors in soymilk by immobilized alpha-galactosidase."
11/01/1994 - "The number of flatulence events per hour was significantly less in the group treated with alpha-galactosidase than placebo over the 6-hour follow-up period (F = 2.87, P = .016). "
11/01/1994 - "Beano, an over-the-counter oral solution of alpha-galactosidase, is used to prevent flatus and other gastrointestinal symptoms resulting from a high-fiber diet. "
09/01/1992 - "A significant reduction of flatulence oligosaccharides took place, which was also explained by an increase of alpha-galactosidase concentration. "

07/01/1987 - "Ten subjects had significantly greater flatulence while taking the oligosaccharide than did five subjects taking sucrose (5 g tid). "
03/01/1992 - "In a double-blind crossover trial isomalt chocolate was associated in healthy consumers (n = 58) with increased motion frequency, wind and flatulence compared with sucrose chocolate. "
03/01/1998 - "Relative to ingestion of sucrose, 30 g maltitol caused no significant difference in symptoms, but 40 g resulted in more mild borborygmi (P < 0.05) and mild flatulence (P < 0.01) but not moderate or severe symptoms. "
01/01/1990 - "Symptoms (bloating, flatulence, diarrhea, cramps) were merely noticeable with starch as the substrate, but clearly present after sucrose. "
04/28/2010 - "Conversely, galactosyl derivatives of sucrose, that is, raffinose and stachyose, which are flatulence-inducing components, need to be in low concentration in soybean seeds not only for augmenting utilization of the crop in food uses but also for delivering soy meal with improved metabolizable energy for monogastric animals. "

11/12/2008 - "Germination of black soybean under fungal stress for 3 days was sufficient to reduce stachyose and raffinose (which cause flatulence) by 92 and 80%, respectively. "
01/01/2006 - "Diets containing < 22.4 g of stachyose/kg and < 2 g of raffinose/kg did not alter digestibility or increase flatulence in dogs."
04/28/2010 - "Conversely, galactosyl derivatives of sucrose, that is, raffinose and stachyose, which are flatulence-inducing components, need to be in low concentration in soybean seeds not only for augmenting utilization of the crop in food uses but also for delivering soy meal with improved metabolizable energy for monogastric animals. "
01/01/2013 - "The oligosaccharides associated with the production of flatulence viz., raffinose, stachyose, and verbascose were in the limits of 1.66% to 2.58%, 0.94% to 1.88%, and 0.85% to 1.23%, respectively. "
09/01/1985 - "The raffinose and stachyose sugars, factors which cause flatulence, disappeared on the third germination day. "

01/01/2014 - "Hydrogen and methane are excreted in the flatus and in breath giving the opportunity to indirectly measure their production using breath testing. "
06/01/2010 - "Hydrogen gas produced during colonic fermentation is excreted in breath and flatus, or removed by hydrogen-consuming bacteria such as methanogens and sulphate-reducing bacteria. "
02/01/2008 - "The healthy controls produced breath hydrogen 712.5+/-5.8 parts per million in 8 hours, passed flatus 7.2+/-0.5 time, and had bloating score of 2.7+/-0.2. "
02/01/2008 - "The patients with fruit intolerance produced breath hydrogen 1745.2+/-7.8 parts per million, passed flatus 13.8+/-0.3 times, and had bloating score of 5.7+/-0.1. "
04/01/2006 - "Breath hydrogen excretion was correlated with the change in colonic transit (r = 0.52, P < 0.01) and with flatulence (r = 0.45, P = 0.003) after sugar ingestion. "

11/01/2015 - "All adverse events were mild in both groups, with only a significantly greater frequency of flatulence noted in the acarbose group (5% with acarbose vs 0.5% with placebo, p<0.05). "
01/01/2009 - "Severe hypoglycemic attacks were seen in two patients in group 1. Flatulence incidence was higher in acarbose group. "
05/01/2003 - "Safety profiles were similar for both treatment arms except for the higher incidence of flatulence in the acarbose group (28.6% vs. 16.4% for placebo). "
06/15/2002 - "The most frequent side-effects to acarbose treatment were flatulence and diarrhoea. "
01/01/2001 - "Common complaints in the acarbose group were flatulence and meteorism (29.6%). "

03/14/2012 - "Only one patient had mild incontinence to flatus that lasted 3 wk after treatment, but this disappeared spontaneously. "
03/01/2014 - "THE NATURE OF GI SYMPTOMS THAT DEVELOP: Patient-reported outcome measures show that diarrhoea, urgency, increased bowel frequency, tenesmus and flatulence are the five most prevalent GI symptoms with a moderate or severe impact on patients' daily lives after treatment with pelvic radiotherapy. "
07/01/2015 - "In this first study on a Mexican population with IBS, there was significant improvement of the main symptoms, including pain, bloating, and flatulence after treatment with a low FODMAP diet."
01/01/2014 - "Adverse events reported after treatment included abdominal cramping, bloating, flatulence, and nausea that resolved. "
09/01/2003 - "Urgency, frequency of defecation, anorectal pain, incontinence to liquid stool and to flatus, and alteration in lifestyle were significant symptoms after treatment. "

06/01/2015 - "Randomized controlled trials and cohort studies were selected for review and for collection of postoperative data (length of stay, time to first flatus and complications). "
07/01/2015 - "Clinical outcomes, such as operation time, bleeding volume, time to passage of flatus, postoperative complications, and length of stay were recorded and compared between the two groups along with patient characteristics. "
02/01/2015 - "Overall, there was a small benefit in reducing time to flatus, and time to bowel motion, but no difference in the length of stay or complications. "
08/01/2014 - "Patients who chewed gum postoperatively had less POI, passed flatus sooner, had an earlier bowel movement and a shorter length of stay, and were more satisfied. "
07/01/2013 - "Overall time (in days) for the patients to pass flatus (weighted mean difference [WMD], -0.31; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.43 to -0.19; P = 0.000); time to bowel movement (WMD, -0.51; 95% CI, -0.73 to -0.29; P = 0.000); and length of stay (WMD, -0.72; 95% CI, -1.02 to -0.43; P = 0.000) were significantly reduced in the treatment group. "

11/01/2015 - "On average, patients without an ileostomy passed flatus and opened their bowels after 2.4 and 4.3 days, those with an ileostomy taking 1.5 and 2.1 days. "
12/01/2014 - "After ileostomy closure, the stimulated group of patients had an earlier return to oral tolerance (1.06 vs 2.57 days; p = 0.007) and passage of flatus or stool (1.14 vs 2.85 days; p <0.001) than the nonstimulated group of patients. "
08/01/2014 - "Age (P = 0.619), Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Morbidity and Mortality (POSSUM) score (P = 0.657), operative severity score (P = 0.977), predicted mortality (P = 0.758), comorbidities (P = 0.427), previous abdominal surgery (P = 0.941), tumour height (P = 0.912), location (P = 0.876), stage (P = 0.984), neoadjuvant chemoradiation (P = 0.625), operating time (P = 0.066), blood loss (P = 0.356), ileostomy (P = 0.934), conversion (P = 0.362), resection type (P = 1.000), flatus (P = 0.437), diet (P = 0.439), length of hospital stay (P = 0.978), complications (P = 0.671), reoperations (P = 0.804), reinterventions (P = 0.612), readmissions (P = 0.349), tumour size (P = 0.542; P = 0.532; P = 0.238), distal margin (P = 0.790), nodes harvested (P = 0.338) and pathology stage (P = 0.623) did not differ among the three groups. "
08/01/1976 - "There is no need for appliances or bags, no embarrassment from the involuntary noise and smell of flatus through the ileostomy. "
03/01/1996 - "Median time to passage of both flatus and stool was one (range, 1-3) day for ileostomy patients, two (range, 2-4) for flatus, and 3 (range, 2-6) days for stool after colostomy. "

01/01/2013 - "No significant differences were observed in the incidence of instrumental deliveries, sexual satisfaction, or incontinence of urine, faeces or flatus for any women who practised perineal massage compared with those who did not massage. "
12/01/2007 - "Upon further questioning, the parents reported that the nanny had given an abdominal massage to the child with an unlabelled solution reported to have anti-flatulence effects. "
01/01/2006 - "No significant differences were observed in the incidence of instrumental deliveries, sexual satisfaction, or incontinence of urine, faeces or flatus for any women who practised perineal massage compared with those who did not massage. "
01/01/2002 - "Time to first passage of flatus was also significantly shorter in the active-massage group (1.8 +/- 0.3 days vs. 3.6 +/- 0.4 days, P < 0.01). "
01/01/2014 - "Infants with volvulus had significantly more frequent manipulations with rectal tubes for flatulence, but there were no differences in the frequency of enemas, abdominal massage or defecation. "

02/01/2014 - "In patients who underwent videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy, median postoperative first passage of flatus and stool in the water group was 10 and 34 hours, respectively (P=0.006, P=0.021) and significantly earlier than in the control group (median postoperative 24 and 72 hours). "
02/01/2009 - "Patients with pre-operative dyspeptic symptoms, notably bad taste and flatulence, have an increased risk of negative post-cholecystectomy outcomes at 6 weeks. "
01/01/2009 - "The mean surgery duration, time to first flatus and postoperative hospital stay for the laparoscopic gastric resection without combined operation were 181.7 min, 2.7 days and 9.7 days, respectively, and 196.7 min, 2.6 days and 8.8 days, respectively, for the combined cholecystectomy group. "
01/01/1998 - "Abdominal bloating (P = 0.03), dyspepsia (P < 0.001), heartburn (P < 0.007), fat intolerance (P < 0.001), nausea (P = 0.001) and vomiting (P < 0.001) were significantly improved after cholecystectomy, but diarrhoea, constipation and excessive flatus were not. "