Safety and efficacy of milk and molasses enemas in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 667-670

  Vilke, Gary M ^a   Demers, Gerard ^a   Patel, Nilang ^a   Castillo, Edward M ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

constipation; enema; nausea vomiting; resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; FLEET ENEMA; LACTULOSE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MINERAL OIL; MOLASSES; SOAP;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSTIPATION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FAINTNESS; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSTIPATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENEMA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MILK; MOLASSES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930182512     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.01.035     Document Type: Article

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