A CONSTIPATION PRIMER for EMERGENCY Providers

In this video, a pediatric gastroenterologist discusses constipation management in the emergency department.

[slapshot]

The wait for more videos has been very constipating

[Omnis]

I'm glad that this video finally came out.

[amtraktraveler]

I am in the hospital with a SBO with an NG tube watching this! Very constipating!

[doggierat]

I found the point about the lack of utility of the KUB particularly interesting. I feel like we get them so frequently to assess for stool burden…but it’s true, it doesn’t really affect course of treatment and is subjective to the radiologist (somewhat).

[eileenellenberger]

I am such a huge fan of doctor Larry Mellick. I'm somewhat of a erudite and study medicine purely for fun. I'm a 35 yr old woman from PA. But Dr Mellick is so awesome 👌. Makes learning medicine so much easier and fun and explains everything in such succinct clear and brilliant ways. Also I've gone over a month many times. Only once ever was hospitalized. I have gastroparesis. Since I still had sound of movement in the abdomen and wasn't vomiting fecal matter they didn't do any type of emergency surgery luckily. I convinced them after 24 hours to let me go home even though I still hadn't gone. Finally at home after having the citric drink they'd prescribed I went a day later. But even at best once a week is the most I go. I've been told by several doctors that while rare for some people it's not of particular concern. Especially when it's not a new onset symptom or accompanied by anything emergent.

[sorin.n]

Could you make a video for the other side of the spectrum please? (Watery sools abd Dihareea)

[pamcoleman]

I had the hardest time hearing this video.