Articles: colic.
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Issues Compr Pediatr Nurs · Jul 1992
Infant colic and maternal mental health: nursing research and practice concerns.
This study compared the mental health of 12 mothers who had infants with colic to 12 mothers of infants without colic. Colic was defined as infant fussing/crying of at least 2 hours/day for at least 5 out of 7 days, infant cry high-pitched and pain-sounding, and maternal report of infant inconsolability. ⋯ Mothers of infants with colic had multidimensional psychological distress; they reported more bodily dysfunction, fears, disordered thinking, depression, anxiety, fatigue, hostility, impulsive thoughts and actions; and they had stronger feelings of personal inadequacy or inferiority. Implications for nursing research and practice are discussed in the context of study findings.
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The potential causes of excessive, prolonged crying in early infancy represent a broad range of conditions. The underlying etiology causing an acute episode of crying may not be recognized in a single emergency department encounter. An adverse outcome may result when an infant with unexplained crying is discharged with a diagnosis of colic.
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J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus · Mar 1992
Case ReportsA case of developmental glaucoma presenting with abdominal colic and subnormal intraocular pressure.
A healthy baby boy presented with abdominal colic. He was subsequently noted to have enlarged, edematous corneas. A clinical diagnosis of developmental glaucoma was made despite ocular hypotony. ⋯ This served as a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis and as a surgical treatment for the condition. Morphological examination of the outflow system revealed findings compatible with a diagnosis of developmental glaucoma: a hypoplastic trabecular meshwork which contained an abundance of abnormal collagenous tissue in the extracellular spaces and the presence of endothelial cells overlying a continuous collagenous membrane. In the iris stroma there were numerous abnormal blood vessels, with a paucity of mural contractile cells.
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Scand J Urol Nephrol · Jan 1992
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialUse of indomethacin in the prophylaxis of ureteral colic following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
Ureteral obstruction leading to pain seems to be related to an increase of renal prostaglandins (PG). We designed a prospective double-blind, placebo controlled protocol for evaluating the effect of indomethacin, a PG-synthetase inhibitor, in the prophylaxis of ureteral colic following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Sixty patients undergoing ESWL were randomized into two groups, group 1 (study group) received 50 mg indomethacin capsule three times daily and group 2 (control group) received multiple-vitamin tablet three times daily. ⋯ The difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05). In the control group, the mean pre- and post-ESWL urinary PGE2 was 305 +/- 65.8 and 474 +/- 101 micrograms/24-hr respectively. In the study group, the mean pre- and post-ESWL urinary PGE2 was 289 +/- 60.7 and 186 +/- 26.5 micrograms/24-hr respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Case Reports
Serial sonographic evaluation of "buckshot colic" following a penetrating gunshot wound.
This paper demonstrates the findings of various radiologic imaging modalities in a case of shotgun injury to the kidney. This case is unusual because buckshot entered the renal collecting system, and subsequently passed through the urinary tract in the urine, causing "bullet colic." References to such injury in the literature are discussed, along with role of each imaging modality in the initial and subsequent radiologic workup, with particular emphasis on the usefulness of ultrasonography in evaluation of this patient.