More poo! Should children be treated as little adults? - Archimedes September 2024

Archives of Disease in Childhood's Archimedes section editor, Dr Bob Phillips (York District Hospital, UK) brings you the monthly episode about evidence-based medicine for paediatricians:  We all know opiates can constipate folks very badly. Some of us from personal experience. We know hospitalisation, not eating well, and not moving much make it worse. And we all should recognise the significant drop in quality of life that comes with severe constipation. There’s been an explosion of treatments for grown/ups in this realm - so could we be using the PAMORA drugs for kids  [read more at https://adc.bmj.com/content/109/9/767.1] and how different are kids than adults anyway? [https://adc.bmj.com/content/109/9/767.2]. We would love for you to be involved in Archi [adc.bmj.com/pages/authors/#archimedes]. Just ask the questions that your patients are offering you - and tell us how you’re finding the podcast offerings. Please listen to our regular podcasts and subscribe in your preferred platform to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. And if you enjoy the ADC Podcast, please leave us a review at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/adc-podcast/id333278832.

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