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Laxatives Do Not Improve Symptoms of Opioid-Induced Constipation: Results of a Patient Survey [PDF]

Pain Medicine, 2017
Introduction: Laxatives are commonly used to treat opioid-induced constipation, the commonest and most bothersome complication of opioids. However, laxatives have a non-specific action and do not target underlying mechanisms of opioid-induced ...
Anton Emmanuel
exaly   +6 more sources

Evaluating high dose laxatives via nasogastric tube versus enemas in children with severe constipation: a prospective cohort study [PDF]

BMC Pediatrics
Objectives Children with severe constipation often require disimpaction when standard treatments fail, typically involving high doses of oral laxatives or rectal enemas. Practice guidelines for nurses lack clear directives.
Marion A. Meester–Soonius, Brigitha W. Nuijens, Roy S. Koendering, Inge Ertugrul–van der Graaf, Elvira K. George   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Effects of Prophylactic Laxative Use on Critically Ill Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]

Diseases
Objective: To investigate the effects of prophylactic use of stimulant laxatives and/or docusate on the clinical outcomes in critically ill patients who required mechanical ventilation (MV).
Heqing Tao, Ligang Liu, Weipeng Lu, Ziyan Ni, Xueqing Chen, Milap C. Nahata, Liang Peng   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Osmotic laxatives do not alter dabigatran plasma concentration in healthy volunteers – a randomized, controlled, cross-over trial [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology
BackgroundLaxatives are among the most commonly used pharmacological agents worldwide. Available data indicate a significant potential for clinically relevant drug-drug interactions.
Matthias Weiss-Tessbach, Al Medina Dizdarevic, Alexander Kupis, Thorsten Bischof, Christa Firbas, Peter Quehenberger, Ulla Derhaschnig, Max Frimmel, Bernd Jilma, Christian Schoergenhofer   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Lax familial representability and lax generic factorizations [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
A classical result due to Diers shows that a copresheaf $F\colon\mathcal{A}\to\mathbf{Set}$ on a category $\mathcal{A}$ is a coproduct of representables precisely when each connected component of $F$'s category of elements has an initial object. Most often, this condition is imposed on a copresheaf of the form $\mathcal{B}\left(X,T-\right)$ for a ...
arxiv   +3 more sources

On Lax operators [PDF]

Japanese Journal of Mathematics, 2021
We define a Lax operator as a monic pseudodifferential operator $L(\partial)$ of order $N\geq 1$, such that the Lax equations $\dfrac{\partial L(\partial)}{\partial t_k}=[(L^{\frac kN}(\partial))_+,L(\partial)]$ are consistent and non-zero for infinitely many positive integers $k$.
De Sole A., Kac V. G., Valeri D.
openaire   +2 more sources

Association of laxatives use with incident dementia and modifying effect of genetic susceptibility: a population-based cohort study with propensity score matching

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Constipation was associated with incidence of dementia and cognitive decline. Laxatives are the mainstay of constipation management and are commonly used among older populations for both treatment and prevention of constipation.
Jiangtao Feng, Nan Zheng, Xutong Fan, Shu Li, Yuhan Jiang, Xianfu Yi, Hongxi Yang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The treatment of constipation with herbal laxatives [PDF]

Arhiv za farmaciju, 2014
Constipation is usual health problem that affects about a quarter of the population. Treatment of constipation remains a challenge because of multiple, multifaceted aetiology and individual response of each patient.
Nedeljković Katarina, Kundaković Tatjana   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of constipation and use of laxatives, and association with risk factors among older patients during hospitalization: a cross sectional study

BMC Gastroenterology, 2022
Background Many older patients experience constipation as a bothersome symptom with a negative impact on quality of life. During hospitalization, the focus is often on the reason for admission with the risk that other health problems are not prioritized.
Hanne Konradsen, Veronica Lundberg, Jan Florin, Anne-Marie Boström   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laxative use and mortality in patients on haemodialysis: a prospective cohort study

BMC Nephrology, 2021
Background Patients on haemodialysis (HD) are often constipated. This study aimed to assess the relationship between constipation and mortality in such patients.
Yu Honda, Seiji Itano, Aiko Kugimiya, Eiji Kubo, Yosuke Yamada, Miho Kimachi, Yugo Shibagaki, Tatsuyoshi Ikenoue   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source