Risk Factors Associated With Stool Retention Assessed by Abdominal Radiography for Constipation

P-71: Risk Factors Associated with Womens

Pnm-4: Risk Factors Associated with Infertility

Background Infertility is the inability to conceive children after one year of unprotected intercourse. The estimated prevalence of infertility in Canada is 11.5-15.7%. Fertility problems affect approximately one in seven couples in the United Kingdom (UK). Infertility occurs in conditions in which the pregnancies end with recurrent miscarriages (ASR) or birth of a child with multiple congenita...

Diagnostic Value of Plain Abdominal Radiography in Stroke Patients With Bowel Dysfunction

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic value of plain abdominal radiography in stroke patients with bowel dysfunction. METHODS A total of 59 stroke patients were recruited and assigned into constipation or non-constipation group. Patients were interviewed to obtain clinical information, constipation score, and Bristol stool form scale. The total and segmental colon transit time (CTT) was measur...

[Risk factors associated with weight retention in postpartum period].

PURPOSE To identify risk factors for weight retention in women after childbirth. METHODS This was a prospective observational study that followed for six months adult women who delivered at a tertiary center. Were applied a structured questionnaire before hospital discharge and at six weeks and six months after childbirth, through home visits. The outcome was weight retention after childbirth...

Constipation Risk in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery

BACKGROUND Problems regarding bowel elimination are quite common in patients undergoing abdominal surgery. OBJECTIVES To determine constipation risk before the surgery, bowel elimination during postoperative period, and the factors affecting bowel elimination. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional study. It was conducted in a general surgery ward of a university hospital in Zonguld...