"Laxatives" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Agents that produce a soft formed stool, and relax and loosen the bowels, typically used over a protracted period, to relieve CONSTIPATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D054368
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.483.620
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Laxatives".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Laxatives".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Laxatives" by people in this website by year, and whether "Laxatives" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Laxatives" by people in Profiles.
-
Combined mechanical and oral antibiotic bowel preparation is associated with prolonged recurrence-free survival following surgery for colorectal cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2021 Dec; 124(7):1106-1114.
-
Functional constipation masked as irritable bowel syndrome. BMC Gastroenterol. 2020 Apr 06; 20(1):86.
-
Medical Management of Opioid-Induced Constipation. JAMA. 2019 12 10; 322(22):2241-2242.
-
Prevention of colonic neoplasia with polyethylene glycol: A short term randomized placebo-controlled double-blinded trial. PLoS One. 2018; 13(4):e0193544.
-
Is laxative misuse associated with binge eating? Examination of laxative misuse among individuals seeking treatment for eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2017 09; 50(9):1114-1118.
-
The Impact of a Computerized Clinical Decision Support Tool on Inappropriate Clostridium difficile Testing. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 10; 38(10):1204-1208.
-
Treatment with methylnaltrexone is associated with increased survival in patients with advanced cancer. Ann Oncol. 2016 11; 27(11):2032-2038.
-
Lower body weight and female gender: hyperphosphatemia risk factors after sodium phosphate preparations. World J Gastroenterol. 2011 Jun 07; 17(21):2681-2.
-
Empirical identification and validation of eating disorder phenotypes in a multisite clinical sample. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009 Jan; 197(1):41-9.