Manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: Actualización

Constipation affects 2% to 27% of individuals. It is associated to irritable bowel syndrome in 59% of cases, to a pelvic floor dysfunction in 29% and to a low transit time in 13%. During assessment of patients with constipation the effects of medications and chronic diseases must be discarded and th...

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Autores principales: Cofré L,Pamela, Germain P,Fernando, Medina L,Luis, Orellana G,Hernán, Suárez M,Juan, Vergara A,Teresa
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2008
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720080004000132008-06-16Manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: ActualizaciónCofré L,PamelaGermain P,FernandoMedina L,LuisOrellana G,HernánSuárez M,JuanVergara A,Teresa Biofeedback Constipation Laxatives Constipation affects 2% to 27% of individuals. It is associated to irritable bowel syndrome in 59% of cases, to a pelvic floor dysfunction in 29% and to a low transit time in 13%. During assessment of patients with constipation the effects of medications and chronic diseases must be discarded and the ideal is to determine which type of functional disorder it present. An algorithm for the management of chronic idiopathic constipation, that includes a recommendation to increase fiber and liquid intake as an initial approach and an orientation to the use of different laxatives, is presented. The usefulness of biofeedback in patients with pelvic floor dysfunction and without organic cause of constipation, is also discussedinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.136 n.4 20082008-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008000400013es10.4067/S0034-98872008000400013
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Biofeedback
Constipation
Laxatives
spellingShingle Biofeedback
Constipation
Laxatives
Cofré L,Pamela
Germain P,Fernando
Medina L,Luis
Orellana G,Hernán
Suárez M,Juan
Vergara A,Teresa
Manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: Actualización
description Constipation affects 2% to 27% of individuals. It is associated to irritable bowel syndrome in 59% of cases, to a pelvic floor dysfunction in 29% and to a low transit time in 13%. During assessment of patients with constipation the effects of medications and chronic diseases must be discarded and the ideal is to determine which type of functional disorder it present. An algorithm for the management of chronic idiopathic constipation, that includes a recommendation to increase fiber and liquid intake as an initial approach and an orientation to the use of different laxatives, is presented. The usefulness of biofeedback in patients with pelvic floor dysfunction and without organic cause of constipation, is also discussed
author Cofré L,Pamela
Germain P,Fernando
Medina L,Luis
Orellana G,Hernán
Suárez M,Juan
Vergara A,Teresa
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Germain P,Fernando
Medina L,Luis
Orellana G,Hernán
Suárez M,Juan
Vergara A,Teresa
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title Manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: Actualización
title_short Manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: Actualización
title_full Manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: Actualización
title_fullStr Manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: Actualización
title_full_unstemmed Manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: Actualización
title_sort manejo de la constipación crónica del adulto: actualización
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2008
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