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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

[Autopsy case of abdominal compartment syndrome in a patient with schizophrenia]

30 Jul 2008 A 61-year-old man who had taken several kinds of psychotropic agents for schizophrenia from eighteen was admitted due to acute abdomen. In spite of any treatment he died after arrival. The autopsy revealed marked dilation of gastrointestinal tracts ... Read more...

The role of biofeedback in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders.

Jun 2008 Biofeedback is a form of treatment that has no adverse effects and can be provided by physician extenders. The therapy relies on patients' ability to learn how to influence their bodily functions through dedicated machinery and teaching. This ... Read more...

[Bowel gases]

2 May 2008 Abdominal bloating is one of the most common symptoms in patients with different gastrointestinal disorders. The majority of patients usually attribute this complaint to increased intestinal gas volume. Recent experimental studies using the gas ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Aerophagy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Autopsy case of abdominal compartment syndrome in a patient with schizophrenia] 30 Jul 2008
• The role of biofeedback in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. Jun 2008
• [Bowel gases] 2 May 2008
• Aerophagia and belching after herpes simplex encephalitis. 28 Feb 2008
• Colon perforation due to pathologic aerophagia in an intellectually disabled child. 29 Sep 2007
• Constipation and flatulence management for stoma patients. 29 Sep 2007
• Physiologic and pathologic belching. 2 May 2007
• Air swallowing, belching, acid and non-acid reflux in patients with functional dyspepsia. 13 Apr 2007
• Clonazepam treatment of pathologic childhood aerophagia with psychological stresses. 30 Mar 2007
• Gas-related symptoms after laparoscopic 360 degrees Nissen or 270 degrees Toupet fundoplication in gastrooesophageal reflux disease patients with aerophagia as comorbidity. 13 Feb 2007
• A question of gas. 10 Feb 2007
• Clinical review: long-term noninvasive ventilation. 30 Dec 2006
• Botulinum toxin as treatment for a unique case of subcutaneous emphysema. 9 Dec 2006
• [Pathologic childhood aerophagia] 19 Nov 2006
• Psychological factors affect the frequency of belching in patients with aerophagia. 11 Oct 2006
• Air swallowing, belching, and reflux in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. 28 Jun 2006
• [Belching (ructus)] 22 Jun 2006
• Behavioral treatment of chronic belching due to aerophagia in a normal adult. 29 Apr 2006
• Air swallowing caused recurrent ileus in Tourette's syndrome. 29 Apr 2006
• Laparoscopic gastropexy for chronic gastric volvulus complicated by pathologic aerophagia in a boy. 29 Nov 2005

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Technical information about 'Aerophagy'

Definition: Spasmodic swallowing of air.

Descriptor UI: D000334

Alternative terms: Aerophagy; Air Swallowing; Swallowing, Air;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.821.061;