Pediatric Bowel and Bladder Dysfunction: Causes and Treatments

Steve Hodges, MD

This session will be presented by Steve Hodges, MD, a pediatric urologist at Wake Forest School of Medicine specializing in urinary incontinence, bedwetting and bladder exstrophy. In this session, Dr. Hodges will be discussing the causes and treatments for pediatric bowel and bladder dysfunction.

Objectives:

  • Identify and Describe Dysfunctional Elimination Syndrome/Bladder Bowel Dysfunction (BBD).
  • Review the Rome IV Criteria for Constipation the Bristol Stool Chart.
  • Understand the Causes on Non-Neurogenic Pediatric Constipation.
  • Understand the Diagnosis and Assessment in Constipation.
  • Understand How to Treat Children with Non-Neurogenic Pediatric Constipation.
  • Urodynamics – Understand the Role.