Abstract
Pediatricians and other child care providers manage a large number of children with constipation, a recurrent medical problem that is frustrating to patients, their care givers, and the health care providers themselves. Most often the constipation in children is functional in nature, and only a very small percentage of patients have an organic cause for it. In this review, we discuss the epidemiology, causes, evaluation, and management of children with functional constipation.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | e189-e196 |
| Journal | Pediatric annals |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health