Childhood constipation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7883, 2012, Pages

  Auth, Marcus K H ^a   Vora, Rakesh ^a   Farrelly, Paul ^a   Baillie, Colin ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ELECTROLYTE; ENEMA; GLYCEROL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LACTULOSE; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 3350; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SODIUM PHOSPHATE ENEMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAL IRRITATION; ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS FISSURE; BLOATING; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CECOSTOMY; COLIC; COLOSTOMY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RECTAL PAIN; RECTUM BIOPSY; REVIEW; SENNA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING;

CHILD; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84869185580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7309     Document Type: Review

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