Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Successful disimpaction · patients aged 0 to 18 years with a diagnosis of functional constipation

Lactulose showed no clear difference in successful disimpaction compared with milk of magnesia (MOM) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Osmotic and stimulant laxatives for the management of childhood constipation 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.83 [0.67, 1.03]
1 study · 50 participants
Low

Successful disimpaction · patients aged 0 to 18 years with a diagnosis of functional constipation

PEG may leads to lower successful disimpaction 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 0.55 [0.36, 0.83]
1 study · 50 participants
Low

Successful disimpaction · patients aged 0 to 18 years with a diagnosis of functional constipation

PEG showed no clear difference in successful disimpaction compared with milk of magnesia (MOM) (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Osmotic and stimulant laxatives for the management of childhood constipation 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1 [0.93, 1.16]
1 study · 50 participants
Low