Fecal Impaction

Overview

Journal N Engl J Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1989 Sep 7

PMID 2671728

Citations 32

Authors

K Wrenn

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Abstract

Fecal impaction is a common disorder with variable presentation and many potential complications. Its pathophysiology is complex, and the treatment is often difficult and frustrating. Preventive measures are likely to be cost effective in populations at high risk, such as institutionalized or debilitated elderly people, mentally ill patients, those with chronic renal failure or cancer, and those who are neurologically impaired.

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