"Lactulose" 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.
A synthetic disaccharide used in the treatment of constipation and hepatic encephalopathy. It has also been used in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal disorders. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p887)
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Lactulose".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Lactulose".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lactulose" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Lactulose" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactulose" by people in Profiles.
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Racial and ethnic disparities in rifaximin use and subspecialty referrals for patients with hepatic encephalopathy in the United States. J Hepatol. 2022 08; 77(2):377-382.
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Editorial: mind the gaps - an important first step towards improving hepatic encephalopathy care. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 06; 49(12):1534-1535.
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Impact of Oral-Cecal Transit Time on the Interpretation of Lactulose Breath Tests After RYGB: a Personalized Approach to the Diagnosis of SIBO. Obes Surg. 2019 03; 29(3):771-775.
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Unsafe Drinking Water Is Associated with Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Poor Growth Outcomes in Young Children in Rural Southwestern Uganda. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 12; 99(6):1606-1612.
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Biomarkers of maternal environmental enteric dysfunction are associated with shorter gestation and reduced length in newborn infants in Uganda. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018 10 01; 108(4):889-896.
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Psychiatric Manifestations of Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Psychosomatics. 2018 Jan - Feb; 59(1):90-94.
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Infant Nutritional Status, Feeding Practices, Enteropathogen Exposure, Socioeconomic Status, and Illness Are Associated with Gut Barrier Function As Assessed by the Lactulose Mannitol Test in the MAL-ED Birth Cohort. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Jul; 97(1):281-290.
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Constipation-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Females Have Normal Colonic Barrier and Secretory Function. Am J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jun; 112(6):913-923.
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Hydrogen and Methane-Based Breath Testing in Gastrointestinal Disorders: The North American Consensus. Am J Gastroenterol. 2017 05; 112(5):775-784.
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Lactulose Is Associated With Decreased Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection in Decompensated Cirrhosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 06; 15(6):953-954.