Liquid paraffin: a reappraisal of its role in the treatment of constipation

Arch Dis Child. 2001 Aug;85(2):121-4. doi: 10.1136/adc.85.2.121.

Authors

F Sharif¹, E Crushell, K O'Driscoll, B Bourke

Affiliation

¹ Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, and Department of Paediatrics, The Conway Institute for Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, University College Dublin, Ireland.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bisacodyl / therapeutic use
Cathartics / pharmacokinetics
Cathartics / therapeutic use*
Child
Child, Preschool
Constipation / drug therapy*
Granuloma, Foreign-Body / etiology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intestinal Absorption / drug effects
Intestinal Absorption / physiology
Mineral Oil / pharmacokinetics
Mineral Oil / therapeutic use*
Pneumonia, Lipid / etiology
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Cathartics
Bisacodyl
Mineral Oil