Category: Administering Enema

In this training video, a gastroenterology nurse at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia demonstrates how to give a high-volume enema to your child using a Foley catheter. Start by gathering your supplies — an enema bag, connection device, Foley catheter with balloon, 10 ml luer-locking syringe, lubricating jelly and a tape measure. Have your child lay on his left side...

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Introduction Orally ingested alcohol does not cause damage to the upper gastrointestinal tract. However, in an animal experiment, mucosa of the rat colon was damaged with 10% alcohol.1 Here, we report the case of a patient who experienced extensive chemical proctocolitis by transanally administering a large quantity of 35% alcohol, with a review on the clinical course of previous reports....

View and print full Drug Safety Communication (PDF – 218KB)[1] Safety Announcement [1-8-2014] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that using more than one dose in 24 hours of over-the-counter (OTC) sodium phosphate drugs to treat constipation can cause rare but serious harm to the kidneys and heart, and even death. OTC sodium phosphate drug products include...