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Constipation electronic resource A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment / edited by Suzanne Rose, MD, MSEd.

Contributor(s): Rose, MD, MSEd, Suzanne [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XVI, 182 p. 54 illus., 36 illus. in color. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781493903320Subject(s): medicine | Gynecology | Gastroenterology | Emergency medicine | Medicine & Public Health | Gastroenterology | Primary Care Medicine | GynecologyDDC classification: 616.33 LOC classification: RC799-869Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Overview of Constipation -- Overview of Testing of Motility and of the Anorectum -- Chronic Constipation -- Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation -- Colonic Inertia and Megacolon -- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction -- Constipation and Special Considerations:  The Elderly, Children, Pregnancy, Spinal Cord Injury, Metabolic Disorders and Systemic Diseases, Opioid-Induced, and History of Abuse -- Cases -- Putting it All Together.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Constipation: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment serves as an unmet resource for physicians and other health care providers, including trainees and students, who see patients with constipation. The text reviews pathophysiologic mechanisms and details evaluation and management strategies. The volume also enables the reader to identify epidemiologic factors and quality of life parameters for patients with constipation, discuss differences in pathophysiologic mechanisms for different etiologies of constipation, recognize primary causes of constipation, and assess special considerations related to the symptom of constipation including presentations in the elderly, in pregnant women, in patients with systemic diseases, and patients with a history of abuse. Written by thought leaders and recognized experts in gastrointestinal motility and medical education, Constipation: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment is of great value and utility for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, gynecologists, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, as well as fellows and residents.
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Overview of Constipation -- Overview of Testing of Motility and of the Anorectum -- Chronic Constipation -- Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation -- Colonic Inertia and Megacolon -- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction -- Constipation and Special Considerations:  The Elderly, Children, Pregnancy, Spinal Cord Injury, Metabolic Disorders and Systemic Diseases, Opioid-Induced, and History of Abuse -- Cases -- Putting it All Together.

Constipation: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment serves as an unmet resource for physicians and other health care providers, including trainees and students, who see patients with constipation. The text reviews pathophysiologic mechanisms and details evaluation and management strategies. The volume also enables the reader to identify epidemiologic factors and quality of life parameters for patients with constipation, discuss differences in pathophysiologic mechanisms for different etiologies of constipation, recognize primary causes of constipation, and assess special considerations related to the symptom of constipation including presentations in the elderly, in pregnant women, in patients with systemic diseases, and patients with a history of abuse. Written by thought leaders and recognized experts in gastrointestinal motility and medical education, Constipation: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment is of great value and utility for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, gynecologists, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, as well as fellows and residents.

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