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American Family Physician August 15, 2003 Knutson et al.	Management of Crohn's Disease -- A Practical Approach - Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that affects up to 480,000 persons in the United States. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, malaise, and arthralgias, and cause considerable morbidity.
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American Journal of Nursing August 2011 Craft & Prahlow	From Fecal Impaction to Colon Perforation The authors present the case of an elderly, nonverbal nursing home resident with dementia who developed fecal impaction, despite interventions such as enema.
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