How many names do you have for constipation?

live4today, RN · May 10, 2002

Blocked up or backed up.... :chuckle

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · May 10, 2002

obstipation- an MD term for the turd that won't come out with just a laxative or enema- have to go in after it to unclog and then flush out with lactulose or GoLytely.

LilgirlRN, ADN, RN · May 10, 2002

My favorite is FOS, which can often be seen on Xray accompanied by an MIF (Massive internal fart) :))

CEN35 · May 10, 2002

ok lil one, while we are at it....there was a 35 yo female that swore up and down she had a kidney stone. plain film showed she was indeed fos with a huge dilated colon. she insisted she was not fos. she insisted on an ivp or ct to r/o renal calculi. so we did a ct, and the radiologist reading was no "no calculi seen. bowel dilitated at and around the sigmoid, findings consistent with constipation".

lmao!!! :chuckle

me :)

Sleepyeyes · May 10, 2002

We see lotsa that in LTC :roll :roll but I was told NEVER EVER EVER

call "it" an "impaction."

Why? I asked. :confused:

Apparently the word "impaction" is a Big Red Flag to the State.

So we call it "digital removal of fecal matter." :rolleyes:

kaycee · May 10, 2002

I think the best name for constipation in the ER is: LAME!!!!!! :rolleyes:

CEN35 · May 10, 2002

so true kace........

nice!!!!

me :)

galenight, BSN, RN · May 11, 2002

How bout the name for that constipation that has let loose all over kingdom come? CODE BROWN!

CEN35 · May 11, 2002

code brown.............i always wondered how many people would get it, if they overheaded that in the hospital.......just like a code blue? lmao!!! :chuckle

me :)

LilgirlRN, ADN, RN · May 11, 2002

Had a lady come in once with abd pain, told me she hadn't been to the bathroom in about 4 days and had taken some mag citrate at home and her tummy was cramping but she still couldn't go. Sh was hurting bad, diaphoretic etc. Doc swore she had a stone, put in an IV gave phenergan and dilaudid, sent her for an IVP, Scout films clearly showed FOS with a huge amount of stool in the ascending colon. She goes to IVP, comes back .."let me out of this bed, I've got to go to the bathroom". She went, pain resolved. No stone on IVP.

At work last night, I gave Mso4 8 mgsIV push for a bladder infection!:chuckle

Fgr8Out · May 11, 2002

Code Brown....

So, is there a special acls-type course for this Code Brown Team??? AFOS Team maybe? What would be on the Code Brown code cart? Dulcolax? Fleets? An assortment of gloves and colored K-Y??

"MIF" (Massive Internal Fart).... I LOVE it... gonna use the term from now on, TOO!!

(had a bad end of shift last night, so i'm really loving all the joviality today... thanks gang!)