"Gastrointestinal Transit" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Passage of food (sometimes in the form of a test meal) through the gastrointestinal tract as measured in minutes or hours. The rate of passage through the intestine is an indicator of small bowel function.
| Descriptor ID |
D005772
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.372.310 G10.261.360.525
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| Concept/Terms |
Gastrointestinal Transit- Gastrointestinal Transit
- Gastrointestinal Transits
- Transit, Gastrointestinal
- Transits, Gastrointestinal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastrointestinal Transit" by people in Profiles.
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Hebert JJ, Taylor AJ, Winter TC. Comparison of colonic transit between polyethylene glycol and water as oral contrast vehicles in the CT evaluation of acute appendicitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Nov; 187(5):1188-91.