TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Constipation
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.
PY  - 2020
T2  - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
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  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/23
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166533472
ER  -