Treatment of Constipation in Geriatric and Chronically Ill PatientsA Comparison
作者:
ALLEN FAIN,
ROSEMARY SUSAT,
MARGARET HERRING,
KAREN DORTON,
期刊:
Southern Medical Journal
(OVID Available online 1978)
卷期:
Volume 71,
issue 6
页码: 677-683
ISSN:0038-4348
年代: 1978
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The difficulties of adequately managing constipation, particularly in patients with impaired or limited mobility as a result of surgery, cardiovascular or cerebral disease, or advanced age, led us to evaluate the use of stool softeners in a homogeneous group of institutionalized patients. Comparison was made between dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS) (Colace), q.d. and b.i.d., and dioctyl calcium sulfosuccinate (DCS) (Surfak), q.d. Analysis of results showed 81% of the patients receiving DCS improved, a significant result (P< .02) when assessed by the sign test. By contrast, DSS caused no significant improvement over placebo, regardless of whether it was administered once or twice a day. The mean number of natural bowel movements among the DCS group increased approximately 62% over the placebo period, more than twice the 30% increase seen with DSS administered either b.i.d. or q.d. No adverse reactions were reported in any of the groups, and no significant study-induced changes occurred in laboratory measurements.
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