Sentence examples for bowel irrigation from inspiring English sources
Whole bowel irrigation for the ingestion of slow-release medications and asymptomatic foreign body drug containers (body packers/stuffers) is recommended with little quality clinical data.
Lithium preparation studies recommend whole bowel irrigation using polyethylene glycol in cases of ingestion with sustained-release drugs (Okusa and Crystal 1994).
With moderate toxic episodes, fluid infusion with saline diuresis is recommended along with gastric lavage (if the intoxication is recognized early) and whole bowel irrigation using polyethylene glycol.
Whole bowel irrigation demonstrated the greatest reduction in salicylic acid AUC compared to AC (P < 0.05) and was associated with fewer adverse effects [49].
Whole bowel irrigation is still often recommended for slow-release drugs, metals, and patients who "pack" or "stuff" foreign bodies filled with drugs of abuse, but with little quality data to support it.
Van de Ven et al 29 defined constipation as "need for laxatives, enemas and/or bowel irrigations longer than 3 months," but did not include data on faecal incontinence.
He recovered after whole-bowel irrigation, colonoscopy, and oral succimer treatment.
Five human case series, reported sequelae-free survival of all patients who underwent gastrointestinal decontamination (including activated charcoal, gastric lavage, and whole-bowel irrigation).
Cardiac arrests following initiation of whole-bowel irrigation were documented in two case series of hemodynamically unstable patients, and following gastric lavage in one case report.
Methodological weaknesses, inconsistencies in outcome measures and small sample sizes limit meaningful comparison.> The most clinically significant risk associated with irrigation is bowel perforation.
