MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN TBI: BOWEL PROGRAM IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

     This section will help you understand the bowel program that has been developed for you. Following is an illustration of the gastrointestinal tract and a brief discussion of the normal digestion and bowel movement processes.

Based on Brain Injury Patient Care and Education Manual, by Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital; Neuro section of the Trauma Manual, Jackson Memorial Hospital; and Recovering from Head Injury; a Guide for Patients, by Nova University Neuropsychology Service, and edited for PoinTIS by the Louis Calder Memorial Library of the University of Miami School of Medicine and the PoinTIS Advisory Committee, and on Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury, NIH Consensus Statement 1998 Oct. 26-28.