Osmotic and stimulant laxatives for the management of childhood constipation
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Osmotic and stimulant laxatives for the management of childhood constipation.
BACKGROUND Constipation within childhood is an extremely common problem. Despite the widespread use of osmotic and stimulant laxatives by health professionals to manage constipation in children, there has been a long standing paucity of high quality evidence to support this practice. OBJECTIVES We set out to evaluate the efficacy and safety of osmotic and stimulant laxatives used to treat fun...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd009118.pub3