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New England Journal of Medicine, 1989 Fecal impaction is a common disorder with variable presentation and many potential complications. Its pathophysiology is complex, and the treatment is often difficult and frustrating. Preventive measures are likely to be cost effective in populations at high risk, such as institutionalized or debilitated elderly people, mentally ill patients, those ...
Jane F Desforges, Keith Wrenn
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International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 2000 Fecal impaction, a review of the literature.To review the definition, diagnosis, causes, signs and symptoms, and treatment of fecal impaction.Published literature.While a great deal has been published on fecal impaction, there is limited research. Clarification of when constipation changes to impaction is ambiguous.
N, Creason, D, Sparks
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Management and prevention of fecal impaction
Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2008Fecal impactions occur in both sexes at any age but are particularly concentrated in children, in the institutionalized or impaired elderly, and in patients with certain psychiatric disorders or medical conditions that predispose to obstipation. The clinical consequences may be disabling and occasionally life threatening.
Arnold Wald, Wald Arnold
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Urinary Retention Due to Fecal Impaction
Pediatrics, 1971With reference to the article, "Urinary Retention Due to Fecal Impaction in Children" which appeared in Pediatrics (45:292, 1970), I would like to mention that during a few months period spent at the Government Hospital, Ashkelon, Israel, quite a number of cases of urinary retention due to fecal impaction were seen.
Wulfred Berman
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JAAPA, 2023
ABSTRACT Fecal impaction is a common digestive disorder and is considered an acute complication of chronic and untreated constipation. Generally, the factors responsible for fecal impaction are similar to those associated with constipation. Early identification and treatment minimize complications and patient discomfort.
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ABSTRACT Fecal impaction is a common digestive disorder and is considered an acute complication of chronic and untreated constipation. Generally, the factors responsible for fecal impaction are similar to those associated with constipation. Early identification and treatment minimize complications and patient discomfort.
Victoria, Louwagie +2 more
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Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2014
Fecal impaction (FI) is a common and potentially serious medical condition that occurs in all age groups. Children, incapacitated patients, and the institutionalized elderly are considered the highest at-risk populations. FI usually occurs in the setting of chronic or severe constipation, anatomic anorectal abnormalities, and neurogenic or functional ...
Zilla H, Hussain +2 more
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Fecal impaction (FI) is a common and potentially serious medical condition that occurs in all age groups. Children, incapacitated patients, and the institutionalized elderly are considered the highest at-risk populations. FI usually occurs in the setting of chronic or severe constipation, anatomic anorectal abnormalities, and neurogenic or functional ...
Zilla H, Hussain +2 more
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FECAL IMPACTION IN MODERN PRACTICE
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1959An increasingly large number of patients suffer from the various manifestations of fecal impaction. Proper management of the condition will prevent much suffering, many laparotomies, and even colostomies. Fecal impaction is defined as the presence in the rectum or colon of firm stercus which can be dislodged only with the aid of the finger, enemas, or ...
K A, DRESEN, G L, KRATZER
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The Geriatric Implications of Fecal Impaction
The Nurse Practitioner, 1986Fecal impactions are a common problem in debilitated elderly people and may present as a life-threatening event. The atypical presentations of fecal impactions are not well-recognized, and the incidence, morbidity and mortality of fecal impactions in the elderly are largely unknown. Elderly debilitated people have reduced organ system reserve. An acute
B A, Wright, D O, Staats
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Pediatric Emergency Care, 1994
Cardiopulmonary arrest in childhood is usually due to respiratory failure leading to hypoxemia, acidosis, cardiac dysfunction, and terminal asystole. Respiratory failure is the end result of either impaired oxygenation, impaired ventilation, or both.
J M, Baren, J S, Seidel
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Cardiopulmonary arrest in childhood is usually due to respiratory failure leading to hypoxemia, acidosis, cardiac dysfunction, and terminal asystole. Respiratory failure is the end result of either impaired oxygenation, impaired ventilation, or both.
J M, Baren, J S, Seidel
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