[Diagnosis of carbohydrate malabsorption].
After a review of causes and symptoms of sugar malabsorption and the usual diagnostic methods, the application is described of a recently developed procedure with high specificity and sensitivity: the hydrogen breath test. Examination of a large number of children shows that its sensitivity is higher than that of the procedures used so far, that lactose malabsorption is present in over 30% of the children with recurrent abdominal pain and/or diarrhoea; that in contrast to the prevailing opinion, malabsorption of sucrose in children is rare.
D001706:Biopsy; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001944:Breath Tests; D002239:Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002241:Carbohydrates; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000175:diagnosis*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D002241:Carbohydrates; D006859:Hydrogen
Diagnostiek van koolhydraatmalabsorptie.