Background: Despite its prevalence, constipation is frequently under-recognized and treated with ineffective agents in hospitalized older adults. Methods: An anonymous survey was distributed to physicians regarding constipation management in hospitalized older adults. Chi-square or Fisher’s exact, as appropriate, were used to explore associations between demographics and survey answers. T-test was used to compare groups on [...]

Background: Constipation is a common pediatric complaint and cause of abdominal pain in the pediatric age group. Management for constipation is generally completed in the outpatient setting, but many patients may require inpatient management after failure of outpatient therapy. Methods: We utilized data from the 2012 Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID), a nationally representative sample of [...]

Case Presentation: 21 month old male presents to the hospital for constipation that failed outpatient therapy. Parents describe one hard difficult to pass bowel movement (BM) every other day, without pencil thin stools, blood or mucus. Constipation began at 3 months of age when they introduced formula. He passed meconium within the 24 hours of [...]