QUIZ

Bowel Management Principles in Pediatric Patients: Diagnosis and Management

1. The basic predictors of continence in a patient with anorectal malformations are type of malformation, quality of sacrum, and quality of their spine? True or False? *
2. A patient with a long channel cloaca has a better continence prognosis than a patient with a perineal fistula. True or False? *
3. A good prediction of continence includes all the following except: *
4. The main predictors of bowel control in a patient with Hirschspung Disease are their dentate line, sphincters, motility, and length of colon. True or False? *
5. For a patient on a rectal enema program who’s X-ray shows a clean colon but the patient reports soiling, how should you adjust the flush? *
6. Stool softeners irritate the lining of the bowel causing increased peristalsis versus stimulant laxatives which draw water into lumen of bowel but do not promote peristalsis. True or False? *
7. For a patient on a medication regimen who is having smearing, leakage, or incontinence what interventions would you consider to decrease these symptoms? *