Sentence examples for stool impaction from inspiring English sources
This portion of the exam not only assess for mass lesions, anal strictures, fissures, or stool impaction but on the mechanics of defecation.
71 Factors that will impact GI transit include PFD, medications, diet, and the presence of excessive stool or impaction.
Feeding too much bone can cause constipation, white & chalky stools, and impaction.
Understand that in severe cases, fecal impaction can occur.
Efficacy was a secondary outcome in the French study, which found both PEG 4000 and lactulose to be effective in relieving constipation with greater improvements observed in the PEG 4000 group with respect to stool consistency, appetite, new-onset faecal impaction and recourse to enema use.
Chronic constipation can lead to faecal impaction (Rao and Go 2010) defined as the inability to evacuate large, hardened, dry, stools commonly lodged in the rectum (Obokhare 2012).
As a result, only large stools will be perceived, leading to difficulty with defecation. 4 In the elderly, chronic constipation can lead to fecal impaction and fecal incontinence.
Cemented fixation can be combined with Impaction Bone Grafting [ 5- 8].
Treatable causes particularly relevant to care home residents with dementia are overflow from faecal impaction, and FI from loose stools, both of which can be assessed and managed in the care home setting.
Coronal CT image confirms large rectal stool ball with mild associated rectal wall thickening, compatible with faecal impaction.
