Chronic constipation in the elderly patient: Updates in evaluation and management

Keyphrases

• Anamnesis 14%
• Anorectal Manometry 14%
• Biofeedback 14%
• Blood Test 14%
• Chronic Disease 14%
• Chronic Drug Use 14%
• Chronic Medications 14%
• Colon-rectum 14%
• Colonic Transit Time 14%
• Colonoscopy 14%
• Common Disorders 14%
• Comorbidity 14%
• Constipation 71%
• Defecatory Disorders 28%
• Defecography 14%
• Diagnostic Criteria 14%
• Digital Rectal Examination 14%
• Effective Treatment 14%
• Elderly Patients 100%
• Elderly Population 14%
• Functional Constipation 100%
• Healthcare Providers 14%
• Individualized Approach 14%
• Laxatives 28%
• Lifestyle Advice 14%
• Negative Consequences 14%
• Non-uniformity 14%
• Older Patients 14%
• Physical Inactivity 14%
• Physiological Function 14%
• Physiological Test 14%
• Polypharmacy 14%
• Population Aging 14%
• Primary Care Physicians 28%
• Quality of Life 14%
• Radiopaque Markers 14%
• Rectal Hyposensitivity 14%
• Stepwise Approach 14%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Anamnesis 16%
• Anorectal Manometry 16%
• Anus 16%
• Biofeedback 16%
• Chronic Constipation 100%
• Colon 16%
• Colonoscopy 16%
• Comorbidity 16%
• Constipation 100%
• Defecography 16%
• Digital Rectal Examination 16%
• Diseases 16%
• Elderly Patient 100%
• Elderly Population 16%
• Empirical evidence 16%
• Health Care Personnel 16%
• Laxative 33%
• Pathogenesis 16%
• Physical Inactivity 16%
• Polypharmacy 16%
• Prevalence 33%
• Primary Health Care 33%
• Quality of Life 16%