[Quest Speaker Series] The Neurologically Impaired Gut in Children: Little Brain Issues in the Large Intestine
The Quest Healthcare Speaker Program continues on May 5th, 2022 with a live discussion on The Neurologically Impaired Gut in [...]
Bowel Care and Pediatric Patients
Mild constipation is fairly common in children, but research has shown a trend towards more chronic incidence of this condition [...]
End-of-Life Bowel Care
Patients in palliative care experience a myriad of complex physical and emotional issues, but there is one which is often [...]
Save Money at Your Facility by Improving Your Bowel Care Program
Constipation is a psychologically and socially debilitating condition. In the long-term care setting, in particular amongst patients 65 and over, [...]
Correlation Between an Ineffective Bowel Care Program and Skin Breakdown
Skin plays an important role in overall health and wellness, particularly for people with limited mobility and/or spinal cord [...]
Spina Bifida Guidelines: Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
The Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach recently released new guidelines for care and management of people with [...]
Patient Care for Reflexic and Flaccid Bowel
To ensure high quality care, it is critical that healthcare providers are familiar with effective bowel care protocol(s) for [...]
Autonomic Dysreflexia: Symptoms, Causes, Prevention & Bowel Care
Approximately 291,000 Americans have a spinal cord injury (SCI). Reported prevalence rates vary for Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD) in the [...]
Correlation Between an Ineffective Bowel Program and Pressure Ulcers
According to John Hopkins Medicine, ulcers can develop if blood supply is cut off for more than 2 to [...]
Developing an Effective Bowel Care Program for Pediatric Patients with a Disability
Children with disabilities have a much higher incidence rate of constipation than the non-disabled pediatric population. Unfortunately, bowel conditions can [...]