Colic

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Updated Sept 2007

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Title:   Colic
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Colic is unexplained and regular crying fits that usually happen in the afternoon and evening. Around one in three young babies are affected by colic. The cause is unknown, but theories include food allergies and 'gas'. The crying usually stops, without treatment, after a few weeks.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Colic in babies
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many reasons are given to explain why some babies cry a lot. Colic is a popular one. However no one is sure what colic really means in babies. Colic is usually thought to be caused by wind or gas in the bowel, but there is no proof of this. Certainly the baby looks to be in pain, but we don't really know.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary colic
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Removal of gallbladder (cholecystectomy) for symptomatic gallstones is one of the commonest abdominal operations performed. Key-hole removal of the gallbladder (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) is usually performed on a delayed (elective) basis for gallsto...
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Colic: what is it?
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Colic is a common, confusing and difficult problem of infancy with no recognised cause. Symptoms can include persistent crying, fussing, irritability and restlessness.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) versus ureteroscopic management for ureteric calculi
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Ureteral stones frequently cause renal colic (pain) and if left untreated can cause obstructive uropathy (obstruction of the urinary tract). Both ureteroscopy and ESWL achieve a high success rate in the management of ureteric stone disease. Analysis of ...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Colic: what to do
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Colic and crying are common concerns for many parents about their baby; information and ideas about what you can do.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Colic in infants
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Colic is a pattern of unexplained, persistent crying in an otherwise healthy baby.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Medicinal mishap: dosing errors with Donnalix Infant Drops
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Donnalix Infant Drops contain the anticholinergic compounds hyoscyamine, atropine and hyoscine. The product is used to relieve colic in infants, although evidence supporting its effectiveness is lacking. The drops can be purchased from pharmacies without a prescription.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Gallstones: symptoms
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The most common symptom of gallstones is a recurrent attack of pain in the upper abdomen or the back, known as biliary colic.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) versus opioids for acute renal colic
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute renal colic occurs when mineral or organic solids pass though the urinary tract and obstruct the urinary flow. It causes a sudden onset of severe pain, which radiates from the flank to the groin and requires immediate treatment with pain-killers. ...
Date:   Nov 2003
Title:   Kidney stones.
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The stone forms from salts in the urine crystallising in the renal calyces (the first point of urine drainage from the kidney). As the stone develops, it moves into the renal pelvis where it can either remain or begin to travel down the ureter. This leads to a condition called renal colic, which is often extremely painful.
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Single dose dipyrone for acute renal colic pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Renal colic pain is extremely painful and requires immediate treatment with strong analgesics. Dipyrone is a non-opioid analgesic widely used for this purpose but not licensed in some countries (e.g., USA, UK) because of potentially fatal side effects (...
Date:   Jul 2002
Title:   Colicky babies more likely to have mothers who smoke
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A study has shown that colic is twice as likely to affect babies whose mothers smoke as those with mothers who do not.
Date:   Mar 2001
Title:   Single dose dipyrone for acute postoperative pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Dipyrone is a popular medicine for pain relief in many countries and is used to treat postoperative pain, colic pain, cancer pain and migraine. Other countries have banned its use (e.g. USA, UK) because of its association with potentially life-threateni...
Date:   Sep 2000
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