Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Need for extra treatment · patients aged 0 to 18 years with a diagnosis of functional constipation

PEG may leads to lower need for additional therapies compared with lactulose (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Osmotic and stimulant laxatives for the management of childhood constipation 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.5 [0.36, 0.83]
4 studies · 304 participants
Low