Polyethylene glycol 4000 for treatment of functional constipation in children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-68

  Dziechciarz, Piotr ^a   Horvath, Andrea ^a   Szajewska, Hania ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

constipation; macrogol; therapy

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL 4000; LAXATIVES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFECATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EFFECTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOPATHOLOGY; POLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; LAXATIVES; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLAND; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84920734505     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000543     Document Type: Article

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