Paediatric constipation is a common problem and the biggest problem clinicians make is not taking a thorough bowel history.
Forty percent of paediatric patients in Emergency have abnormal bowel habit.
Constipation is not what you pass as a bowel habit but what you don’t pass – its what is left behind that causes the constipation.
Ross Fisher
Paediatric Surgeon at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield UK. Visiting Professor at St Emlyn’s in Virchester. His alter ego has a few ideas about presentation skills. Last year cycled over 3000kms, the majority in his garage.
