Irritable bowel syndrome in the elderly

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-76

  Bennett, Greg ^a   Talley, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain, epidemiology; Accidental falls; Age factors; Aged, 80 and over; Colonic diseases, functional, epidemiology; confusion; Constipation, epidemiology; Diarrhoea, epidemiology; Drug therapy, epidemiology; Faecal incontinence; Female; Frail elderly; Gastroenteritis; Human; Male; Natural history; Nutrition; Patient acceptance of health care; Prognosis, epidemiology; questionnaires; Risk factors; Sex factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ADULT; AGING; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIET; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIGH FIBER DIET; NUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS;

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BULKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLESTYRAMINE; DICYCLOVERINE; ELECTROLYTE; LACTULOSE; LOPERAMIDE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM; MEBEVERINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

EID: 0036483415     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2001.0266     Document Type: Article

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