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Pharmacologic Treatment of Chronic Constipation. [PDF]
Korean J GastroenterolWang H, Lee JW.
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Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke, 1998 openaire +1 more source
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017 Chronic constipation is a prevalent condition that severely impacts the quality of life of those affected. Several types of primary chronic constipation, which show substantial overlap, have been described, including normal-transit constipation, rectal evacuation disorders and slow-transit constipation.
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Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2016
Chronic constipation is a common disorder that affects approximately 20% of the population and significantly impacts an individual's quality of life. The diagnosis can be made using standard criteria, and in the absence of alarm signs or symptoms, a determination of the underlying etiology/etiologies should be undertaken.
Darren M, Brenner, Marmy, Shah
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Chronic constipation is a common disorder that affects approximately 20% of the population and significantly impacts an individual's quality of life. The diagnosis can be made using standard criteria, and in the absence of alarm signs or symptoms, a determination of the underlying etiology/etiologies should be undertaken.
Darren M, Brenner, Marmy, Shah
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Symptoms in chronic constipation
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1997This study was designed to evaluate whether detailed symptom analysis would help to identify pathophysiologic subgroups in chronic constipation.In 190 patients with chronic constipation (age, 53 (range, 18-88) years; 85 percent of whom were women), symptom evaluation, transit time measurement (radiopaque markers), and functional rectoanal evaluation ...
A, Koch +3 more
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Chronic Constipation in the Elderly
American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012Constipation is one of the most frequent gastrointestinal disorders encountered in clinical practice in Western societies. Its prevalence increases with age and is more frequently reported in female patients. Chronic constipation has been associated with considerable impairment in quality of life, can result in large individual healthcare costs, and ...
Juan F, Gallegos-Orozco +3 more
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The Cost of Chronic Constipation
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2002This study investigates the cost of chronic constipation care.A consecutive sample of 31 chronically constipated elderly patients.A not-for-profit long-term care facility in New Hyde Park, New York.Patient demographics and functional status, including activity of daily living scores, diagnosis, and medications were recorded. All constipation medication
Renée, Pekmezaris +4 more
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Chronic constipation in adults
BMJ, 2009#### Summary points Chronic constipation in adults is a common and often debilitating problem that may present to almost any medical practitioner as it can have many causes. The most recent Rome criteria provide a useful research and clinical tool for defining chronic, functional constipation (box 1).1 For the problem to be described as chronic, the ...
Iain J D, McCallum +2 more
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Anismus in chronic constipation
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1985Among patients complaining of constipation, a group can be defined in which there is slow whole gut transit shown by retention of radiopaque markers but a rectum and colon of normal width judged by measurements of barium enema radiographs compared with control observations.
D M, Preston, J E, Lennard-Jones
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Prucalopride for chronic constipation
Drugs of Today, 2009Chronic constipation is a frequently reported medical disorder that reduces patients' quality of life and imposes a significant economic burden on the health care system. Symptoms of constipation are diverse and include infrequent bowel movements, hard stool, straining at stool, sensations of anorectal obstruction and feelings of incomplete evacuation.
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