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Guideline for the management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury/disease
IntroductionAlmost all people with spinal cord injury/disease (SCI/D) suffer from neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD), with a considerable impact on...
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Constipation, Diarrhea, and Intestinal Obstruction in Palliative Care
The symptoms of bowel function, including constipation, diarrhea, and bowel obstructions, are problems that commonly affect palliative care patients....
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Neural signalling of gut mechanosensation in ingestive and digestive processes
Eating and drinking generate sequential mechanosensory signals along the digestive tract. These signals are communicated to the brain for the timely...
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The importance of the bulbocavernosus reflex
AbstractThe BCR consists of the contraction of the bulbocavernosus muscle in response to squeezing the glans penis or clitoris, and is mediated...
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Clinical signs predictive of severe illness in young Pakistani infants
ObjectiveEarly detection of specific signs and symptoms to predict severe illness is essential to prevent infant mortality. As a continuation of the...
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Dopamine and Gastrointestinal Motility
Dopamine (DA) plays an important role in regulating gastrointestinal (GI) motility function, from the esophagus to the colon. In this chapter, we...
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Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Nausea and Vomiting
This chapter examines nausea and vomiting affecting patients who suffer from serious illness. A deeper understanding of these physiologic processes...
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Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Intestinal Obstruction
Disturbed bowel function, including constipation, diarrhea, and bowel obstructions, commonly affects palliative care patients. This chapter aims to...
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Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Nausea and Vomiting
This chapter examines nausea and vomiting affecting patients who suffer from serious illness. A deeper understanding of these physiologic processes...
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Neural Secretions and Regulation of Gut Functions
Neural secretions of the gut are substances released from the neurons or nerve terminals of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to regulate the...
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Gastrointestinal Motor Function
One of the major functions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is to carry out some types of movement that allows the aborally directed flow of...
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Recording In Vivo Human Colonic Motility: What Have We Learnt Over the Past 100 Years?
To understand the abnormalities that underpin functional gut disorders we must first gain insight into the normal patterns of gut motility. While...
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Motility and Peristalsis
In Greek, the bowels (splanchnon), is also thought of as the site of affections and feelings. The splanchnic circulation that supplies the...
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Neuro-Gastroenterology
The gastrointestinal (GI) system extends from oral end to anal end and is in contact with and part of the external environment. The ‘brain of the...
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Electromechanical abdominal massage and colonic function in individuals with a spinal cord injury and chronic bowel problems
Study Design:A prospective intervention of noninvasive abdominal massage using an electromechanical apparatus on bowel function in individuals with...
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Consensus review of best practice of transanal irrigation in adults
Study design:Review article.
Objectives:To provide a consensus expert review of the treatment modality for transanal irrigation (TAI).
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The Organization of the Gut and the Oral Absorption of Drugs: Anatomical, Biological and Physiological Considerations in Oral Formulation Development
Oral drug delivery remains the mainstay of patient treatment although the candidate drugs of the new millennium are becoming increasingly difficult...
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A case-control study on the dietary taurine intake, nutrient status and life stress of functional constipation patients in Korean male college students
BackgroundConstipation is a common gastrointestinal symptom in Korea as well as in Western countries. This study was performed to investigate the...
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The need for manual evacuation and oral laxatives in the management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction after spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial of a stepwise protocol
Study design:Randomised controlled trial.
Objectives:High-quality evidence for interventions in bowel management (BM) after spinal cord injury (SCI)...
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Management of neurogenic bowel dysfunction in the community after spinal cord injury: a postal survey in the United Kingdom
Study design:Postal survey.
Objectives:To describe bowel management in community-dwelling spinal cord-injured (SCI) individuals and to explore...
