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Gastroenterology Nursing, 1997
In this article, the author defines and describes the causes of constipation. Physiology of the colon is reviewed, and the nurse's role in helping patients and families with constipation is also described.
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In this article, the author defines and describes the causes of constipation. Physiology of the colon is reviewed, and the nurse's role in helping patients and families with constipation is also described.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1993
Objective : To explore the distinction between true clinical constipation and the subjective complaint of constipation in elderly people and to review the pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis, causes, and treatment.
D, Harari, J H, Gurwitz, K L, Minaker
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Objective : To explore the distinction between true clinical constipation and the subjective complaint of constipation in elderly people and to review the pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis, causes, and treatment.
D, Harari, J H, Gurwitz, K L, Minaker
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Pediatrics in Review, 1987
Difficulties with defecation are common in infants and children. Most problems are short-lived and of little consequence. Fluid/dietary alterations often resolve the problem, although a stool softener must be prescribed on occasion. Although chronic constipation may be secondary to anatomic/pathophysiologic abnormalities in a small number of patients ...
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Difficulties with defecation are common in infants and children. Most problems are short-lived and of little consequence. Fluid/dietary alterations often resolve the problem, although a stool softener must be prescribed on occasion. Although chronic constipation may be secondary to anatomic/pathophysiologic abnormalities in a small number of patients ...
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Drugs, 1993
Constipation is a collective term for different manifestations of different aetiology, pathology and treatment. It can be a symptom of organic disease or may disclose a colonic or anorectal functional disorder of unknown aetiology--this is called chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC). CIC could be due to colonic or anorectal dysmotility.
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Constipation is a collective term for different manifestations of different aetiology, pathology and treatment. It can be a symptom of organic disease or may disclose a colonic or anorectal functional disorder of unknown aetiology--this is called chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC). CIC could be due to colonic or anorectal dysmotility.
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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1984
An uncommon cause of chronic constipation is presented in a case report. The patient presented with chronic cough and constipation. Work-up revealed a loop of transverse colon herniated through a right diaphragmatic tear resulting from an old, blunt, abdominal injury.
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An uncommon cause of chronic constipation is presented in a case report. The patient presented with chronic cough and constipation. Work-up revealed a loop of transverse colon herniated through a right diaphragmatic tear resulting from an old, blunt, abdominal injury.
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The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1929
Sir William Arbuthnot Lane regarded as sound doctrine the view of the New Zealand Maori that when the bowels are clean the whole body is clean. And he made the comment: "Its ethical significance is far wider and greater than most of us imagine. The connection between the nervous system of the abdominal and pelvic region and that of the brain is so ...
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Sir William Arbuthnot Lane regarded as sound doctrine the view of the New Zealand Maori that when the bowels are clean the whole body is clean. And he made the comment: "Its ethical significance is far wider and greater than most of us imagine. The connection between the nervous system of the abdominal and pelvic region and that of the brain is so ...
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Gastroenterology Nursing, 1996
The purpose of this article is to present an overview of pediatric constipation. Discussion of the definition from a medical and nursing point of view is included. Intestinal pathophysiology as well as etiological theories of pediatric constipation are reviewed. Current research to date and clinical treatment and experience in the area are presented. A
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The purpose of this article is to present an overview of pediatric constipation. Discussion of the definition from a medical and nursing point of view is included. Intestinal pathophysiology as well as etiological theories of pediatric constipation are reviewed. Current research to date and clinical treatment and experience in the area are presented. A
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2009
Abstract Constipation is far more common in palliative care than diarrhoea and results not just from the use of opioids but also from the multifactorial effects of debility secondary to disease. Most palliative care patients will require regular administration of an oral laxative in a dose titrated against response, with the aim of ...
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Abstract Constipation is far more common in palliative care than diarrhoea and results not just from the use of opioids but also from the multifactorial effects of debility secondary to disease. Most palliative care patients will require regular administration of an oral laxative in a dose titrated against response, with the aim of ...
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