Management of Constipation in the Emergency Department

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Pirie, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal radiography; Children; Constipation; Fecal impaction; PEG 3350

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; CITRAFLEET; DOCUSATE CALCIUM; GLYCEROL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL 3350; MACROGOL 4000; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MINERAL OIL; PHOSPHATE; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; PLACEBO; SORBITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; FECES IMPACTION; FLATULENCE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NAUSEA; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCTALGIA; PROCTITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENNA; TETANY; VOMITING;

EID: 77956936973     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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