Emergency department management and short-term outcome of children with constipation

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Miller, Melissa K ^a   Dowd, M Denise ^a   Fraker, Megan ^b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Constipation; Practice patterns; Symptom resolution; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846282680     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000248690.19305.a5     Document Type: Article

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