Laxatives in Geriatric Practice: From Preoperative Bowel Preparation to Correction of Chronic Constipation
https://doi.org/10.37586/2686-8636-4-2023-289-294
Abstract
The first part of the article discusses the issues of preoperative bowel preparation in older and oldest-old patients, with a particular emphasis on the safest drugs. The second part of the article presents the problem of chronic constipation as a geriatric syndrome, including a description of age-associated changes in the structure and function of colon, causes of constipation and features of correction in geriatric practice.
About the Author
V. S. Ostapenko
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Russian Gerontological Research and Clinical Center
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ostapenko Valentina S., MD, PhD, Head of Geriatrics Department, Associate Professor, Age-Related Diseases Department
Moscow
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Ostapenko V.S. Laxatives in Geriatric Practice: From Preoperative Bowel Preparation to Correction of Chronic Constipation. Russian Journal of Geriatric Medicine. 2023;16(4):289-294. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.37586/2686-8636-4-2023-289-294
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