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Constipation, Obstipation, and Megacolon
VetBooks.ir Resolution
Dioctyl sodium
Mild constipation Dietary fiber sulfosuccinate, polyethylene
Recurrence glycol (e.g., MiraLax), or
petrolatum and/or cisapride
Enemas, nasoesophageal
Moderate or trickle GoLYTELY Dietary fiber, Resolution Ranitidine,
recurrent solution (6-10 mL/kg/h), lactulose, lactulose,
constipation; and/or manual cisapride bisacodyl
rehydration SQ or IV extraction of feces Recurrence
6 months Pelvic osteotomy or colectomy
Hypertrophy
Obstipation or 6 months Colectomy
megacolon;
rehydration SQ or IV
Dilation Colectomy
Modified from Slatter DH: Textbook of small animal surgery, ed 3, St. Louis, 2003, Saunders.
Clinical Algorithms
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