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ReviewExperimental and therapeutic medicine2022

Benefits of crenotherapy in digestive tract pathology (Review).

Magdalena Dumitrescu, Madalina Gabriela Iliescu, Laura Mazilu, Sergiu Ioan Micu, Adrian Paul Suceveanu, Felix Voinea, Claudia Voinea, Anca Pantea Stoian, Andra-Iulia Suceveanu

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Review in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Magdalena DumitrescuDoctoral School, 'Ovidius' University of Constanta, Faculty of Medicine, 900527 Constanta, Romania.
Madalina Gabriela IliescuDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Balneal and Rehabilitation Sanatorium of Techirghiol, 906100 Techirghiol, Romania.
Laura MaziluDepartment of Oncology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Sergiu Ioan MicuDepartment of Gastroenterology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Adrian Paul SuceveanuDepartment of Gastroenterology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Felix VoineaDepartment of Urology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Claudia VoineaDepartment of Endocrinology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Anca Pantea StoianDepartment of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Andra-Iulia SuceveanuDepartment of Gastroenterology, County Clinical Emergency Hospital of Constanta, 900591 Constanta, Romania.
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROOvidius University · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Balneotherapy, a branch of physical and rehabilitation medicine using the natural factors of balneal resorts for therapeutical purposes to modulate the symptoms of numerous diseases, represents a non-pharmaceutical therapeutic alternative, easily accepted by patients and used both preventively and curatively. Crenotherapy, a branch of balneotherapy, is the method in which mineral waters are used as a therapeutic internal cure by ingestion. This procedure is performed in spa resorts (where these natural resources exist), and the ingestion of mineral water takes place at the source (spring), in the quantities recommended by the medical rehabilitation physician, according to specific regimens for the condition to be treated. Depending on their physical and chemical composition, the therapeutic mineral waters fall into several categories, having clear indications for certain pathologies. Hypotonic, isotonic, or slightly hypertonic mineral waters are recommended in diseases of the digestive tract and hepatobiliary conditions. Over time, studies have been conducted to determine the effect of these types of treatments, highlighting the complex influence of crenotherapy on the gastrointestinal tract, with favorable results, therefore the use of mineral water intake in various pathologies being recommended. The current review focuses on the existing literature data and refers to the main progress made in understanding the benefit, indications, and crenotherapy procedures in the management of gastrointestinal disorders.

Indexed as

alkalinecrenotherapydigestive tract diseasesmineral watersoligoelementsulcer

Identifiers

PMID34970345
PMCPMC8713159
OpenAlexW4200013550

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