Treatment of Faecal Impaction with Polyethelene Glycol Plus Electrolytes (PGE + E) Followed by a Double‐blind Comparison of PEG + E Versus Lactulose as Maintenance Therapy

C. A. Candy, D.; Edwards, Diane; Geraint, Mike

doi:10.1097/01.mpg.0000228097.58960.e6

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Treatment of Faecal Impaction with Polyethelene Glycol Plus Electrolytes (PGE + E) Followed by a Double‐blind Comparison of PEG + E Versus Lactulose as Maintenance Therapy

Published in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition • Jul 1, 2006

Authors:

D. C. A. Candy

Diane Edwards

Mike Geraint

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy of polyethylene glycol 3350 plus electrolytes (PEG + E; Movicol) as oral monotherapy in the treatment of faecal impaction in children, and to compare PEG + E with lactulose as maintenance therapy in a randomised trial. PATIENTS AND METHODS: An initial open-label st...

Subject

Lactulose

Medicine

Laxative

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