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Bowel Management Reduced Wet Days

Adding urotherapy at treatment initiation was not associated with additional benefit over 12 weeks

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  • Kathryn Wighton

  • May 11, 2026

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    Study on bowel management for diarrhea in pediatric patients.

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    94 patients aged 5-14 enrolled from 5 clinics.

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    Primary outcome: Frequency of wet days per week.

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    Bowel management significantly reduced wet days.

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    Most participants still experienced urinary incontinence at follow-up.

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    Emphasizes importance of treating constipation in therapy.

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    Higher adherence to urotherapy was reported, but not significantly correlated with wet-day reduction.

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Bowel Management Reduced Wet Days

  • by Kathryn Wighton

  • May 11, 2026

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