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A nursing assessment tool for adults with fecal incontinence. [PDF]
Fecal incontinence affects slightly more than 1% of community-dwelling adults. This article describes an assessment format, with a research basis when available, that has been developed in a specialist nursing clinic in the United Kingdom.
Chelvanayagam, Sonya, Norton, C.
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Constipation in Children: Assisting Paediatricians
The article focuses on the definition of functional constipation in accordance with the Rome III diagnostic criteria, the Prague consensus and suggestions offered by the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition ...
I. N. Zakharova+4 more
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The Irritable Bowel Syndrome [PDF]
A 45 year old businessman presents at your clinic with a 2 year history of recurrent abdominal pain, associated with frequent bouts of diarrhoea. The pain is relieved by defaecation, but there is often a feeling of incomplete evacuation.
Zammit, Edward
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A 28-year-old, primagravida woman, gave birth to a boy at 40 gestational weeks. On delivery, the baby was found to have blood stained liquor. This was followed by non-bilious vomiting after feeds and a distended abdomen. He was transferred to NPICU at 36
Ellul, Sarah, Vanhear, Kay
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Pathophysiology of the functional constipation in elderly [PDF]
The aim of this study was to investigate the pathophysiology of functional constipation (FC) in the elderly. Material and methods: In the State Geriatric Center of Netanya (Israel), 37 patients at the age of 65-93 years with complaints of chronic constipation were examined.
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Microbiome-gut-brain axis and toll-like receptors in parkinson\u2019s disease [PDF]
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressively debilitating neurodegenerative disease characterized by α-synucleinopathy, which involves all districts of the brain-gut axis, including the central, autonomic and enteric nervous systems.
Caputi, Valentina, Giron, Maria Cecilia
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Ultrasonographic follow-up of functional chronic constipation in adults: A report of two cases
Chronic constipation is a disorder frequently encountered in clinical practice. Here, we describe the use of ultrasonography as a new approach to the follow-up of adult patients with functional chronic constipation.
Koichi Yabunaka+3 more
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Long term efficacy, safety, and tolerabilitity of low daily doses of isosmotic polyethylene glycol electrolyte balanced solution (PMF-100) in the treatment of functional chronic constipation [PDF]
Enrico Corazziari
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Dietary fiber intake, stool frequency and colonic transit time in chronic functional constipation in children [PDF]
Elizabet Vilar Guimarães+2 more
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