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Inflammatory bowel disease

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Therapy

While waiting, ask patients to roll onto the abdomen for 10-15 minutes every 2-3 hours, and then try and pass gas or liquid stool after lying prone for another 10-15 minutes. 

Why?

  • Medical decompression may be an option in toxic megacolon c

Expiry date: July 2003
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Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   L   Friedman
CAT Writers   D   Ford , CM   Ball