Transanal irrigation for bowel management.

Coggrave, Maureen

Coggrave, Maureen.

Affiliation

Coggrave M; National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury.

Nurs Times ; 103(26): 47, 49, 2007.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17629133

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Maureen Coggrave summarises the results of a randomised controlled trial of transanal irrigation versus conservative bowel management in patients with spinal cord injuries. The full study was published in Gastroenterology (Christensen et al, 2006).

Subject(s)

Anal Canal; Catheterization/methods; Constipation/prevention & control; Enema/methods; Fecal Incontinence/prevention & control; Therapeutic Irrigation/methods; Attitude to Health; Catheterization/instrumentation; Catheterization/psychology; Clinical Nursing Research; Constipation/etiology; Enema/instrumentation; Enema/psychology; Equipment Design; Europe; Fecal Incontinence/etiology; Humans; Nursing Methodology Research; Prospective Studies; Self Care/methods; Self Care/psychology; Spinal Cord Injuries/complications; Surveys and Questionnaires; Therapeutic Irrigation/instrumentation; Therapeutic Irrigation/psychology; Treatment Outcome

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Anal Canal / Catheterization / Constipation / Enema / Fecal Incontinence / Therapeutic Irrigation Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Nurs Times Year: 2007 Document type: Article

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