Table 1.
Classification of diseases | Diagnose criteria | Clinical remission | Clinical improvement |
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FC (19, 20) | Rome III Diagnostic Criteria for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis. (2006) 15:307–312. The New Rome IV Criteria fo Functional; Gastrointestinal Disorders in Infants and Toddlers. Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr. (2017) 20:1–13. |
Spontaneous defecation ≥ 3 times per week | The clinical symptoms did not reach clinical remission, but improved significantly compared with before treatment |
UC (21, 22) | Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol. (2006) 12:3204–3212. Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children and Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. (2015) 169:1053–1060. |
PUCAI <10 points | PCDAI decreased by more than 10 points and PUCAI <30 |
CID (23) | Clinical approach and management of chronic diarrhea. Acta Med Indones. (2013) 45:157–165. | The number of defecations as well as the amount is normal | The number of defecation is reduced to 2~3 times/day |
AC (15) | Fecal microbiota transplantation induces remission of infantile allergic colitis through gut microbiota re-establishment. World J Gastroenterol. (2017) 23:8570–81. |
The blood stool returned to normal | Blood in the stool and diarrhea improved but were not normal |
CDI (24) | Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Clostridiodies difficile infections. Am J Gastroenterol. (2013) 108:478–99. | The clinical symptoms of diarrhea and hematochezia were completely normal | The clinical symptom for CDI better than before, but not up to the standard of cure |
AD (25) | Japanese Guideline for Atopic Dermatitis 2014. Allergol Int. (2014) 63:377–98. | SCORAD index ≤5 and SCORAD decreased by more than 30 points | SCORAD index decreased by more than 10 points |
FC, functional constipation; UC, ulcerative colitis; CID, chronic intractable diarrhea; AC, infantile allergic colitis; CDI, C.difficile infection; AD, atopic dermatitis.