The use of symbiotic in multiple trauma elderly with chronic constipation

• Autor(a) principal: Tsutsumi,Silvia Haruka
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Viana,Rita de Cássia Bahia, Viana,Viviane dos Santos, Cavalcante,Rejane Maria Sales
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/258
• topic: Constipation, aged, multiple trauma, probiotics.

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> The objective of this study was to identify the physiological response of multiple trauma elderly with chronic constipation to the use of a symbiotic compost.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> It was characterized as a non-controlled experimental study, which included 12 elderly patients, with multiple trauma and chronic constipation as a secondary disease and that were hospitalized in a public trauma referral hospital in Par&aacute;, Brasil.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> At the initial evaluation there was an average of 5.5 days of time off defecation. At the end of the intervention with the symbiotic held for eight days, 100% of patients had experienced episodes of defecation, especially for the type 4 stool (shaped, smooth and soft faeces - ideal type), according to the Bristol Stool Scale, present in 75% o the sample. The average of days to the first bowel movement after the use of symbiotic was 2.58 ± 1.72.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> The use of symbiotic was shown to cause a positive physiological response in the multiple trauma elderly, through the improvement of the constipation.</p>