Treatment of constipation in geriatric and chronically ill patients: a comparison.
Fain AM, Susat R, Herring M, Dorton K.
Southern medical journal.South Med J.1978 Jun;71(6):677-80.
The difficulties of adequately managing constipation, particulary 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