[PDF] Top 20 Epidemiology and management of chronic constipation in elderly patients

... the elderly is common, and it has a significant impact on quality of life and the use of health care ...improves management out- comes, and it is important to consider that many causes can be present in one ... See full document

... 47. Soh JS, Lee HJ, Jung KW, Yoon IJ, Koo HS, Seo SY, et al. The diagnostic value of a digital rectal examination compared with high-resolution anorectal manometry in patients with chronic ... See full document

... functional constipation (FC) in children regarding epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and ...many patients have positive family history, but mutations in genes associated with FC have not been ... See full document

... Current guidelines help to ensure patient safety by recom- mending two key dose adjustments when converting to a new opioid: first, calculate the 24-hour requirement of the previous opioid and reduce the initial dose of ... See full document

... with chronic constipation were randomized to 24 weeks of treatment with either placebo or ...of patients achieving an average of three or more SCBMs per week over the 24-week treatment ...182 ... See full document

... of constipation such as masses, fissures, strictures, and ...cord patients with UMN bowel syndrome and in those with Parkinson disease the anal tone on digital rectal examination is increased with inability ... See full document

... Chronic constipation is a very common problem amongst adults, presenting with normal or slow colonic transit, or defecatory dysfunction (pelvic floor dysfunction), or ...both. Constipation could be ... See full document

... Abstract: Constipation affects up to a quarter of the population in developed countries and is associated with poor quality of life and significant economic ...Many patients with chronic ... See full document

... that creatinine-based GFR predicting equations were not suitable for elderly Chinese patients with CKD. In the present study, several improvements to study design were made. First, cystatin C was added as a ... See full document

... and chronic pain are highly prevalent in elderly ...the elderly population will suffer simultaneously from the two ...Their management is challenging for the pain physician; however, both ... See full document

... of elderly patients (over 65 years of age) vs. younger patients (< 65 years) requiring admission to the intensive care unit for severs medical ...and patients: We conducted an analysis of a ... See full document

... in elderly patients with chronic insomnia has been established in two 2-week and one 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...the elderly included unpleasant taste, dry mouth, ... See full document

... of patients with chronic non-cancer pain and over 80% of patients suffering from cancer pain and is one of the conditions of the most common symptoms associated with opioid main- ...for ... See full document

... The management of constipation in the elderly is challenging both for patients and healthcare ...changes. Elderly patients, especially those with advanced dementia in nursing ... See full document

... of patients with constipation had small intestine motor abnormalities ...to patients with severe slow transit constipation, without having evaluated the motility of both ano-rectum and small ... See full document

... weeks. Patients also reported an improvement of stool consistency, straining, and abdominal bloating ...of patients using rescue medication during the trial was not significantly different across the four ... See full document

... for patients with chronic diseases, the ordinal multinomial logistic regression model was adopted to calculate the age- and gender-matched odds ratio ...among patients with hypertension and ... See full document

... of constipation used, provide researchers with diverse prevalence ...the epidemiology of constipation should rather be based on consensus diagnostic ...elevated constipation prevalence rates ... See full document

... Pemphigus presents with super fi cial wounds (erosions) in the skin and oral mucosa. Systemic corticosteroids are typically used for treatment initiation, however, due to the need for prolonged treatment and high ... See full document

... Methods: Patients aged ≥ 70 years, who were managed for a new diagnosis of breast cancer in the two units between 2009 and 2013, were identi fi ed from a prospectively maintained ...487 elderly ... See full document