Constipation in the elderly: Management strategies

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 469-474

  Spinzi, Giancarlo ^a   Amato, Arnaldo ^a   Imperiali, Gianni ^a   Lenoci, Nicoletta ^a   Mandelli, Giovanna ^a   Paggi, Silvia ^a   Radaelli, Franco ^a   Terreni, Natalia ^a   Terruzzi, Vittorio ^a  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 METHYLNALTREXONE BROMIDE; ALVIMOPAN; BISACODYL; LACTULOSE; LUBIPROSTONE; MACROGOL 3350; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; PLACEBO; PRUCALOPRIDE; TEGASEROD;

AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECES IMPACTION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; NAUSEA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENNA; VASOSPASM;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LAXATIVES;

EID: 67749099965     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-200926060-00003     Document Type: Review

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