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Identification through the Manchester Triage System of the older population at risk of delirium: A case–control study

Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 32, Issue 11-12, Page 2642-2651, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To identify the flow charts and discriminators of the Manchester Triage System that are most likely to identify the onset of delirium in older people. Background Delirium is an underdiagnosed geriatric syndrome, and up to 80% of all cases of delirium go undetected in emergency departments. Patient triage seeks to manage clinical risk
Angela Soler‐Sanchis, Francisco Miguel Martínez‐Arnau, José Sánchez‐Frutos, Pilar Pérez‐Ros   +3 more
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Safety Findings in Pediatric Patients During Long‐Term Treatment With Teduglutide for Short‐Bowel Syndrome–Associated Intestinal Failure: Pooled Analysis of 4 Clinical Studies

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Volume 45, Issue 7, Page 1456-1465, September 2021., 2021
Background This analysis assessed combined safety data from 4 clinical studies of teduglutide in pediatric patients with short‐bowel syndrome–associated intestinal failure (SBS–IF). Methods Safety data from teduglutide‐treated patients in 4 clinical trials were pooled.
Susan Hill, Beth A. Carter, Valeria Cohran, Simon Horslen, Stuart S. Kaufman, Samuel A. Kocoshis, David F. Mercer, Russell J. Merritt, Mikko P. Pakarinen, Susan Protheroe, John F. Thompson, Charles P. B. Vanderpool, Robert S. Venick, Paul W. Wales, Sharon E. Smith, MinJung Yoon, Andrew A. Grimm   +16 more
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Fecaloma causing megacolon and bilateral hydronephrosis

Formosan Journal of Surgery, 2020
Fecaloma is a rare complication of chronic constipation with fecal impaction, which usually is underestimated. The megacolon would be noted as a result of that the harden stool commonly obstructs the rectum and sigmoid colon. So far, numerous cases about
Kuan-Chi Tu, Jinn-Rung Kuo
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A case of colonic obstruction combined with ischemic colitis

AGING MEDICINE, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 58-60, March 2021., 2021
CT scan of the abdomen showing a large amount of feces in the anterior descending recto‐sigmoid colon with wall thickening (red arrow) and surrounding fat stranding (yellow arrow) suggestive of stercoral colitis.
Szemein Gan, Yee Kent Liew, Sohil Pothiawala   +2 more
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A Primary Care Approach to Constipation in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Advances in Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Constipation is a condition that is very prevalent and is reported in up to 40 percent of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Constipation in this patient population is most commonly secondary to neuromuscular abnormalities, immobility, suboptimal diet, and medication side effects. History taking is frequently limited in
Reshmi Mathew, Barrett O. Attarha, Govind Kallumkal, Morgan Cribbin, Christopher Izzo, Linda Edwards, Rafik Jacob, Rahman Shiri   +7 more
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Idiopathic Abdominal Cocoon and Ileal Fecaloma: A Rare Combination Causing Acute Intestinal Obstruction in an Elderly Male [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Abdominal cocoon is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction commonly seen in adolescent girl or adults of young age group in tropics; however its occurrence in elderly male is rare. Moreover, fecaloma although described in setting of megacolon, it has not
Narendra Pandit, Laligen Awale, Sridhar Keerthi, Lokesh Shekher Jaiswal, Shailesh Adhikary   +4 more
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Foreign Body Ingestion Followed by Appendiceal Perforation

Case Reports in Surgery, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Background. Foreign body ingestion is very common among specific groups, especially children. However, appendicitis and perforated appendix caused by a foreign body is rare. Case summary. A 40‐year‐old female presented with abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant of 10 days duration after accidentally ingesting a drilling bit during a dental ...
Sarah Qassim, Ali Lairy, Sami Asfar, Eric Bergeron   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Giant Fecaloma Causing Small Bowel Obstruction: Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2015
Fecaloma is a mass of hardened feces being impacted mostly in rectum and sigmoid. The most common sites of the fecaloma is the sigmoid colon and the rectum.
Mosin Mushtaq, Mubashir Shah, Aijaz Malik, Khurshid Wani, Natasha Thakur, Fazl Parray   +5 more
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Giant fecaloma mimicking large tumor of the abdomen: A case report

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2020
Fecaloma represents an accumulation of hard feces most often in the rectum but rarely in the sigmoid colon. Constipation plays an important role in the development of fecal impaction and incontinence primarily in elderly and institutionalized adults ...
Flamur Blakaj, Astrit Hamza, Besnik Bicaj, Ditor Haliti, Vesa Kotori   +4 more
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Colonoscopic Laxative Instillation for the Fecal-loaded Colon: A Case Series*

Journal of Coloproctology, 2023
Context Postoperative, critically ill, and elderly patients often have fecal loading or impaction. In a few such patients, disimpaction of fecalomas and colon cleansing are difficult. Bowel obstruction, megacolon, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, and gut
Suhas D. Wagle, Aneeta S. Wagle
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