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Bowel Sounds Are Not Associated With Flatus, Bowel Movement, or Tolerance of Oral Intake in Patients After Major Abdominal Surgery.
Dis Colon Rectum
June 2017
1 Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Clinical Campus of Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2 Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts 3 Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 4 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5 Wellstar Kennesrone Regional Medical Center, Marietta, Georgia 6 Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut.
Background: Auscultation for bowel sounds has been advocated by some clinicians as a method to determine the resolution of postoperative ileus.
Objective: Our primary aim was to prospectively evaluate the relationships between bowel sounds and the ability to tolerate oral intake in patients after major abdominal surgery. Secondarily we aimed to evaluate relationships among bowel sounds, flatus and bowel movement, and oral intake.
Men's Educational Group Appointments in Rural Nicaragua.
Am J Mens Health
March 2017
2 Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA.
Men's preventive health and wellness is largely neglected in rural Nicaragua, where a machismo culture prevents men from seeking health care. To address this issue, a men's educational group appointment model was initiated at a rural health post to increase awareness about hypertension, and to train community health leaders to measure blood pressure. Men's hypertension workshops were conducted with patient knowledge pretesting, didactic teaching, and posttesting.
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