Irritable bowel syndrome: 10% to 20% of older adults have symptoms consistent with diagnosis

Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-28

  Ehrenpreis, Eli D ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal symptoms; Colonoscopy; Polypharmacy gastrointestinal disorder

Indexed keywords

ALOSETRON; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DICYCLOVERINE; HYOSCYAMINE; LAXATIVE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TEGASEROD; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DROWSINESS; FALLING; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRITABLE COLON; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; URINE RETENTION; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; CARBOLINES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INDOLES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 12444330943     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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