Bowel Dysfunction : A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Professionals

✍ Scribed by Brigitte Collins, Elissa Bradshaw (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 270
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The editors aim to provide the definitive guide for healthcare professionals on functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and pelvic floor, and the treatments used within the current healthcare context. This book will help the reader to access and understand relevant information within a variety of clinical settings and scenarios. It will be relevant and useful to a variety of disciplines (e.g. Physicians, Nurses, Physiotherapists) who work within the field of gastrointestinal care. This book will be written by a team from the worlds’ most well established colorectal specialist hospital, presenting a definitive guide to care of the patient group.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Background....Pages 3-6
Anatomy and Physiology of the Large Bowel (Colon) and Pelvic Floor....Pages 7-20
The Epidemiology of Faecal Incontinence and Constipation....Pages 21-31
Investigations....Pages 33-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
The Causes of Constipation....Pages 53-74
The Assessment of Constipation....Pages 75-96
Causes of Faecal Incontinence....Pages 97-116
The Assessment of Faecal Incontinence....Pages 117-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Conservative Management....Pages 137-159
Food Choice as a Management Strategy in Bowel Dysfunction....Pages 161-172
The Pharmacological Management of Chronic Constipation and Faecal Incontinence....Pages 173-190
Rectal Irrigation....Pages 191-211
Neuromodulation....Pages 213-224
Surgery....Pages 225-239
Psychological Medicine for Bowel Dysfunction....Pages 241-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-269

✦ Subjects

Nursing;Gastroenterology;Colorectal Surgery