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9044520

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic constipation is the main gastrointestinal complaint of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, and has a significant effect on patients' lives, concerning nursing dependence, morbidity and complications. Many therapies have been proposed to treat chronic severe constipation, most of them with limited effect or being unpredictable in their effect or being expensive or very radical. Ten spinal cord injury patients have been submitted to a therapeutic protocol based on a high residue diet, a standardised water intake, and on the use of a sequential schedule of evacuating stimuli. After four weeks of treatment the patients showed an increased frequency of bowel movements per week, a decreased total gastrointestinal transit time, and a decreased need for oral and rectal laxatives. This treatment seems to be effective in modifying patients' bowel habits, and therefore could be considered as a standardised protocol for the management of severe constipation in those who are paraplegic.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1362-4393
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
116-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Sequential treatment of chronic constipation in paraplegic subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Cattedra di Gastroenterologia I, Università 'La Sapienza', Roma, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial