ArticleIranian Red Crescent medical journal2015
Constipation Risk in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery.
Article in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07570004 (The Effect of Preoperative Abdominal Massage on The Development of Postoperative Constipation), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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The Effect of Preoperative Abdominal Massage on The Development of Postoperative Constipation: A Randomised Controlled Study
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Abstract
backgroundProblems regarding bowel elimination are quite common in patients undergoing abdominal surgery.
objectivesTo determine constipation risk before the surgery, bowel elimination during postoperative period, and the factors affecting bowel elimination. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study. It was conducted in a general surgery ward of a university hospital in Zonguldak, Turkey between January 2013 and May 2013. A total of 107 patients were included in the study, who were selected by convenience sampling. Constipation Risk Assessment Scale (CRAS), patient information form, medical and nursing records were used in the study.
resultsThe mean age of the patients was found to be 55.97 ± 15.74 (year). Most of the patients have undergone colon (37.4%) and stomach surgeries (21.5%). Open surgical intervention (83.2%) was performed on almost all patients (96.3%) under general anesthesia. Patients were at moderate risk for constipation with average scores of 11.71 before the surgery. A total of 77 patients (72%) did not have bowel elimination problem during postoperative period. The type of the surgery (P < 0.05), starting time for oral feeding after the surgery (P < 0.05), and mobilization (P < 0.05) were effective on postoperative bowel elimination.
conclusionsThere is a risk for constipation after abdominal surgery. Postoperative practices are effective on the risk of constipation.
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