Exploring the relationship between the frequency of documented bowel movements and prescribed laxatives in hospitalized palliative care patients

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-263

  Clark, Katherine ^a,b   Lam, Lawrence ^c   Currow, David ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bowel movements; constipation; laxatives; palliative care

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LAXATIVES; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958214917     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909110385548     Document Type: Article

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