Constipation and fecal impaction in the long-term care patient

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 571-588

  Alessi, C A ^a   Henderson, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BISACODYL; CASTOR OIL; DOCUSATE SODIUM; GLYCEROL; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM SALT; METHYLCELLULOSE; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SODIUM SULFATE;

AGE; AGED; CONSTIPATION; DIETARY FIBER; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0024271707     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30735-3     Document Type: Review

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