Bowel care for individuals with spinal cord injury: Comparison of four approaches

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-24

  Amir, Imran ^a   Sharma, Rajesh ^a   Bauman, William A ^a   Korsten, Mark A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel care; Colonic transit time; Difficult evacuation; Paraplegia; Quadriplegia

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; DOCUSATE SODIUM; ENEMA; GLYCEROL; LAXATIVE; MINERAL OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON; DEFECATION; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPPOSITORY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BISACODYL; CATHARTICS; COLON; DEFECATION; DIOCTYL SULFOSUCCINIC ACID; ENEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL OIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPPOSITORIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031605232     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.1998.11719506     Document Type: Review

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