Chronic Constipation in the Elderly

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 463-480

  Bouras, Ernest P ^a   Tangalos, Eric G ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Constipation; Defecation disorder; Elderly; Geriatric; Management; Pelvic floor dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BISACODYL; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; IRON DERIVATIVE; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; LUBIPROSTONE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM SALT; METHYLCELLULOSE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; POLYCARBOPHIL CALCIUM; PROKINETIC AGENT; PRUCALOPRIDE; SORBITOL; TEGASEROD; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FECES IMPACTION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ILEORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LIVER TOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENNA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSTIPATION; ENEMA; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUPPOSITORIES;

EID: 68949181510     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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