Use of polyethylene glycol in functional constipation and fecal impaction;Utilización del polietilenglicol como tratamiento en el estreñimiento funcional y la impactación fecal

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 790-806

  Mínguez, Miguel ^a   López Higueras, Antonio ^b   Júdez, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

^c Knowledge Management Research Area   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fecal impaction; Functional constipation; Macrogol; PEG; Polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; ENEMA; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LIQUID PARAFFIN; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; PLACEBO; PRUCALOPRIDE; TEGASEROD; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

AGE; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FECES IMPACTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADULT; CHILD; FECAL IMPACTION; META ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; FECAL IMPACTION; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 85016078375     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2016.4571/2016     Document Type: Review

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