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  • Title: Constipation in children: avoiding hospital admissions by the use of a specialist community nurse.
    Author: Bartle D, Finlay F, Atherton F.
    Journal: J Fam Health Care; 2003; 13(4):107-8. PubMed ID: 14528651.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To review paediatric admissions with a primary diagnosis of constipation to see whether some could have been managed in the community instead. METHOD: A review of the medical notes of all patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of constipation to the children's ward of a district general hospital over a 12-month period. RESULTS: Of 41 admissions (19 girls and 22 boys, age range 6 weeks to 12 years), the average length of stay was less than two nights. CONCLUSION: The short duration of hospital stay implies rapid improvement. It is likely that many of these children could have been managed in the community if suitable resources, such as a community nurse specialising in constipation, were available.
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