RT Book, Section
A1 Rocco, Vito
A1 Armin, Arash
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121505314
T1 Constipation
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121505314
RD 2024/04/23
AB Constipation  is  an  extraordinarily  common  cause  of  patient  morbidity  in  the  United  States.1,2,3,4  The  incidence  of  constipation  increases  with  age,  with  30%  to  40%  of  persons  >65  years  old  citing  constipation  as  a  problem.4,5  Constipation  affects  as  many  as  80%  of  critically  ill  patients  and  is  directly  associated  with  patient  mortality  in  this  population.6