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Profound Shock Following Intervention for Chronic Untreated Stool Retention

A Case Report

Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98105

Michael B. Rothenberg, MD

Donald C. Tyler, MD

Chronic stool retention with soiling is a common and distressing condition in children. Diagnosis and treatment generally involve both medical and psychological aspects. This case addresses a potentially life-threatening complication of shock occurring during treatment of chronic stool retention with castor oil, and also explores the psychosocial factors felt to be contributory.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 23, No. 8, 459-461 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288402300811


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