Links for Medical Professionals

Movicol (also known as Macrogol, PEG3350)

• Medsafe Data Sheet - Movicol.
• Treatment of faecal impaction with polyethelene glycol plus electrolytes (PGE + E) followed by a double-blind comparison of PEG + E versus lactulose as maintenance therapy.
• PEG 3350 (Transipeg) versus lactulose in the treatment of childhood functional constipation: a double blind, randomised, controlled, multicentre trial.
• Treatment of faecal impaction with polyethelene glycol plus electrolytes (PGE + E) followed by a double-blind comparison of PEG + E versus lactulose as maintenance therapy.
• Macrogol (polyethylene glycol) laxatives in children with functional constipation and faecal impaction: a systematic review.
• A randomized, prospective, comparison study of polyethylene glycol 3350 without electrolytes and milk of magnesia for children with constipation and fecal incontinence.

Encopresis 

• Outcome of functional constipation in childhood: a 10-year follow-up study.
• Diagnosis and treatment of constipation in children.
• Toilet tales: stool toileting refusal, encopresis, and fecal incontinence.
• When the going gets tough: pediatric constipation and encopresis.

Enuresis

• Diagnosis and management of nocturnal enuresis.
• Nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting).
• The pathophysiology of enuresis in children and young adults.
• A population based study of 2,856 school-age children with urinary incontinence.
• Desmopressin 30 years in clinical use: a safety review.
• Symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing in children with nocturnal enuresis.