Functional constipation in children – evaluation and management

Almost 1/3 of gastrointestinal consultations are related to constipation, and over 90% of them are of functional origin. Proper diagnosis and adequate treatment (both nonpharmacological and pharmacological) may limit the number of specialist visits and can be beneficial for therapeutic effects. The...

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Autores principales: Gibas-Dorna, Magdalena, Piątek, Jacek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2014
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Review Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4178044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276249
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pg.2014.45099
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description Almost 1/3 of gastrointestinal consultations are related to constipation, and over 90% of them are of functional origin. Proper diagnosis and adequate treatment (both nonpharmacological and pharmacological) may limit the number of specialist visits and can be beneficial for therapeutic effects. The treatment is long lasting and requires unique discipline of parents/guardians and coordination supervised by the referring doctor. This paper presents the most important aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic processes regarding functional constipation in neonates and toddlers.
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spelling pubmed-41780442014-09-30 Functional constipation in children – evaluation and management Gibas-Dorna, Magdalena Piątek, Jacek Prz Gastroenterol Review Paper Almost 1/3 of gastrointestinal consultations are related to constipation, and over 90% of them are of functional origin. Proper diagnosis and adequate treatment (both nonpharmacological and pharmacological) may limit the number of specialist visits and can be beneficial for therapeutic effects. The treatment is long lasting and requires unique discipline of parents/guardians and coordination supervised by the referring doctor. This paper presents the most important aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic processes regarding functional constipation in neonates and toddlers. Termedia Publishing House 2014-09-16 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4178044/ /pubmed/25276249 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pg.2014.45099 Text en Copyright © 2014 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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