Fecal Incontinence in the Elderly

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-511

  Leung, Felix W ^a   Rao, Satish S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dwelling; Diagnosis and treatment; Elderly; Fecal incontinence; Nursing Home

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; BULKING AGENT; DIPHENOXYLATE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LAXATIVE; LOPERAMIDE; MACROGOL; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; OPIATE; OSMOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ALGORITHM; ANORECTAL DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; FECES IMPACTION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; DIARRHEA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NURSING HOMES; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN CARE;

EID: 68949192569     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2009.06.007     Document Type: Review

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