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Title: Bowel movements of normal Thai infants
Authors: Benjasuwantep B.
Ruangdaraganon N.
Keywords: article
child development
cohort analysis
defecation
feces
female
human
infant
male
physiology
reference value
Thailand
Child Development
Cohort Studies
Defecation
Feces
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Reference Values
Thailand
Issue Date: 2009
Abstract: The aim of this study was to define the bowel movements of healthy Thai infants up to 12 months of age. Fifty infants were evaluated at 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 and 12 months of age. Data regarding bowel habits was recorded by parents daily for 2 days before coming to the hospital at each visit. The mean frequency of bowel movements per day was maximal (3.16 stools) during the newborn period and declined (1.59 stools) by the age of 12 months. At birth stool consistency was mostly runny, and became consistently more solid by 4 months of age. With increasing age, infants produced larger stools: mean volume of stool was 32.7 ml at 1 month of age and increased to 45.34 ml at 12 months. Infants started to have regular bowel movements at 4 months of age, most of them stopped having bowel movements at night by 3 months.
URI: https://ir.swu.ac.th/jspui/handle/123456789/14789
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ISSN: 1251562
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