Highly effective new oral therapy for faecal impaction

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 434, 1998, Pages 1599-1600

  Culbert, Pearl ^a   Gillett, Helen ^a   Ferguson, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constipation; Faecal impaction; Palliative care; PEG electrolytes; Symptomatic therapy

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHARTICS; CONSTIPATION; FECAL IMPACTION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 0031685463     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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