RT Book, Section
A1 Wassmuth, Shawn R.
A1 Oehler, Elizabeth C.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166533472
T1 Constipation
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166533472
RD 2024/04/20
AB Constipation  is  an  extraordinarily  common  cause  of  patient  morbidity.1-4  The  incidence  of  constipation  increases  with  age,  with  overall  prevalence  rates  in  North  America  from  12%  to  19%.5  Constipation  affects  as  many  as  80%  of  critically  ill  patients  and  is  directly  associated  with  patient  mortality  in  this  population.6