Safety and Efficacy of Milk and Molasses Enemas Compared With Sodium Phosphate Enemas for the Treatment of Constipation in a Pediatric Emergency Department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1118-1120

  Hansen, Sarah E ^a   Whitehill, Jordan L ^a   Goto, Collin S ^a   Quintero, Cheryl A ^a   Darling, Brenda E ^a   Davis, Jacqueline ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Constipation; Enema; Milk; Molasses; Sodium phosphate

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; MOLASSES; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MILK; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MILK; MOLASSES; NAUSEA; PHOSPHATES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 84860295978     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31823b0088     Document Type: Article

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