Constipation in the acutely hospitalized older patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-281

  Cardin, Fabrizio ^a   Minicuci, Nadia ^b   Droghi, Annapaola Teggia ^b   Inelmen, Emine Meral ^c   Sergi, Giuseppe ^c   Terranova, Oreste ^a  

^a Geriatric Surgery Clinic   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute hospitalized older people; Constipation; Risk factors; Use of laxatives

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED REST; CONSTIPATION; ENEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LAXATIVES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77649183038     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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