Evaluation and treatment of constipation in infants and children

American Family Physician

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 469-477

  Biggs, Wendy S ^a,b,d   Dery, William H ^a,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Faculty of the Midland Family Practice Residency Program   (United States)

^c Midland Family Practice Residency Program   (United States)

^d MidMichigan Medical Center Midland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; ELECTROLYTE; ENEMA; GLYCEROL; GOLYTELY; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LUBRICATING AGENT; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 3350; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MINERAL OIL; NULYTELY; SENNA EXTRACT; SORBITOL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANALGESIC NEPHROPATHY; ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOATING; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FAMILY SERVICE; FECES; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLATULENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS; HIGH FIBER DIET; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MELANOSIS; MILK; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY; FECAL IMPACTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 32244441814     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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