Constipation in Long-Term Care
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Author Affiliations: Dr. Tariq is former Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Medical Director of the Acute Care of Elderly (ACE Unit), Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University; and currently a Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO.
The intestine tends to become sluggish with age.
—Hippocrates
No organ in the body is so misunderstood, so slandered and maltreated as the colon.
—Sir Arthur Hurst, 1935
Constipation is reported in over 33 million adults, which makes
