Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Nina Zech

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• Research Article
  Frequency of Disturbed Defecation Pattern in Neurosurgical Critically Ill Patients and Influence on Intracranial Pressure and Intensive Care Treatment
  Author(s): Martin Kieninger, Tobias Finzel, Nina Zech, Milena Seemann, Sylvia Bele and Holger Künzig Martin Kieninger, Tobias Finzel, Nina Zech, Milena Seemann, Sylvia Bele and Holger Künzig
  
  Background: Inadequate bowel movement is a common problem in intensive care patients. Aim of this study was to quantify the frequency of disturbed defecation pattern in critical ill neurosurgical patients and examine the influence on intracranial pressure (ICP) and treatment on intensive care unit (ICU). Patients and Methods: Data were collected retrospectively during treatment on a neurosurgical ICU over a period of three years. Daily bowel movement was regarded to be sufficient when stool volume was more than 150 ml liquid or mushy stool or the patient produced enough formed stool. Patients were classified into group “adequate defecation” when no period of more than three consecutive days without sufficient bowel movement was seen during ICU treatment or into group “inadequate defecation” respectively. A third group.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000588

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