Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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Atsushi Nakajima

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• Research Article
  Data Mined Distinctive Features of Pediatric Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction in Japan
  Author(s): Mitsuru Muto, Hiroshi Matsufuji, Fuminori Muranaga, Takeshi Tomomasa, Atsushi Nakajima and Tomoaki Taguchi Mitsuru Muto, Hiroshi Matsufuji, Fuminori Muranaga, Takeshi Tomomasa, Atsushi Nakajima and Tomoaki Taguchi
  
  Background: A former nationwide survey in Japan on pediatric chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) determined the most common etiology to be 'idiopathic'. However, currently no appropriate diagnostic criteria for pediatric chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIIP) in children has been defined. The report utilized data mining to identify key clinical features that would qualify statistically CIIP diagnostic criteria. Methods: Sixty-nine cases were reviewed and subject to standard mining association rule. Cases were assigned to three groups: fully dependent on parenteral nutrition (PN) (group A, n = 15), on partial PN or independent from PN, but requiring permanent enterostomy for decompression (group B, n = 37), and all the other (group C, n = 17). .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0665.1000236

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