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Updated evidence-based bowel management among spinal cord injury patients

BACKGROUND: Bowel and gastrointestinal dysfunctions are common post- spinal cord injury (SCI) complications affecting both physical and psychological aspects of the quality of life. More common and important gastrointestinal problems include constipation and fecal retention, constipation with freque...

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Autores principales: Maheronnaghsh, Radin, Yousefian, Ali, Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571585/
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description BACKGROUND: Bowel and gastrointestinal dysfunctions are common post- spinal cord injury (SCI) complications affecting both physical and psychological aspects of the quality of life. More common and important gastrointestinal problems include constipation and fecal retention, constipation with frequent incontinence, hemorrhoids and serious abdominal complications such as cholecystitis, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, pancreatitis, appendicitis and the superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Therefore, the present study aims to review current evidence-based methods for bowel management among SCI patients. METHODS: The MedLine/PubMed was used as the data source to identify studies published from January 1, 1995 to August 1, 2012. Cross referencing of discovered articles was also performed. All of the evidences related to bowel management in SCI patients were extracted. We designed search strategies using following keywords in both text word and subject heading forms: Constipation, incontinence, fecal retention, hemorrhoids, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, spinal cord injury, veteran, evidence, assessment, prevention and treatment. According to the inclusion criteria, 122 studies were selected for further analyses. RESULTS: For Constipation and fecal retention, a consistent and structured regimen was recommended. For constipation with frequent incontinence several methods were investigated such as digital rectal stimulation, abdominal massage, deep breathing , Valsalva maneuver, forward-leaning position, oral bowel medications, regular diet, Prokinetic medications, Prucalopride, Fampridine, colostomy, sacral electrical stimulation, functional magnetic stimulation, neuromuscular electrical stimulation and posterior tibial nerve stimulation. Hemorrhoids can be prevented THROUGH suppositories, enemas, digital rectal stimulation, stool softeners, minimizing trauma, and topical anti-inflammatory creams. The superior mesenteric artery syndrome would be treated by conservative management. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to prevention, training plays an important role in bowel management among SCI patients. Although different prevention methods have been reported, there are few well designed studies for managing gastrointestinal (GI) complications. In conclusion, training plays an important role in preventing bowel complications among SCI patients. However, more investigation is necessary to develop more evidence-based techniques to approach and manage GI complications in individuals with SCI. KEYWORDS: Constipation, Fecal incontinence, Hemorrhoids, Superior mesenteric artery syndrome, Spinal cord injury
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spelling pubmed-35715852013-03-19 Updated evidence-based bowel management among spinal cord injury patients Maheronnaghsh, Radin Yousefian, Ali Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa J Inj Violence Res Poster Presentation BACKGROUND: Bowel and gastrointestinal dysfunctions are common post- spinal cord injury (SCI) complications affecting both physical and psychological aspects of the quality of life. More common and important gastrointestinal problems include constipation and fecal retention, constipation with frequent incontinence, hemorrhoids and serious abdominal complications such as cholecystitis, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, pancreatitis, appendicitis and the superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Therefore, the present study aims to review current evidence-based methods for bowel management among SCI patients. METHODS: The MedLine/PubMed was used as the data source to identify studies published from January 1, 1995 to August 1, 2012. Cross referencing of discovered articles was also performed. All of the evidences related to bowel management in SCI patients were extracted. We designed search strategies using following keywords in both text word and subject heading forms: Constipation, incontinence, fecal retention, hemorrhoids, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, spinal cord injury, veteran, evidence, assessment, prevention and treatment. According to the inclusion criteria, 122 studies were selected for further analyses. RESULTS: For Constipation and fecal retention, a consistent and structured regimen was recommended. For constipation with frequent incontinence several methods were investigated such as digital rectal stimulation, abdominal massage, deep breathing , Valsalva maneuver, forward-leaning position, oral bowel medications, regular diet, Prokinetic medications, Prucalopride, Fampridine, colostomy, sacral electrical stimulation, functional magnetic stimulation, neuromuscular electrical stimulation and posterior tibial nerve stimulation. Hemorrhoids can be prevented THROUGH suppositories, enemas, digital rectal stimulation, stool softeners, minimizing trauma, and topical anti-inflammatory creams. The superior mesenteric artery syndrome would be treated by conservative management. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to prevention, training plays an important role in bowel management among SCI patients. Although different prevention methods have been reported, there are few well designed studies for managing gastrointestinal (GI) complications. In conclusion, training plays an important role in preventing bowel complications among SCI patients. However, more investigation is necessary to develop more evidence-based techniques to approach and manage GI complications in individuals with SCI. KEYWORDS: Constipation, Fecal incontinence, Hemorrhoids, Superior mesenteric artery syndrome, Spinal cord injury Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 2012-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3571585/ Text en Copyright © 2012, KUMS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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