When the Going Gets Tough:Pediatric Constipation and Encopresis

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-130

  Philichi, Lisa ^a  

^a Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LAXATIVE;

ANAMNESIS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CONSTIPATION; DIETARY FIBER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES IMPACTION; FECES INCONTINENCE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CATHARTICS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DIETARY FIBER; ENCOPRESIS; ENEMA; FECAL IMPACTION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOILET TRAINING;

EID: 41949131250     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SGA.0000316531.31366.27     Document Type: Article

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