Constipation: Diagnosis and management in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 254-258

  Bulloch, Blake ^a   Tenenbein, Milton ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constipation; Encopresis; Laxatives

Indexed keywords

ENEMA;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 0036677228     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200208000-00006     Document Type: Review

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