RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fecal incontinence in elderly patients: Common, treatable, yet often undiagnosed
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 441
OP 448
VO 70
IS 5
A1 Stevens, Tyler K.
A1 Soffer, Edy E.
A1 Palmer, Robert M.
YR 2003
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/5/441.abstract
AB It is important for primary care physicians to take fecal incontinence seriously and not dismiss it as a normal part of aging. Elderly patients may be reluctant to admit fecal incontinence, so clinicians need to ask about it. Two of the most common causes are fecal impaction (especially in nursing home patients) and rectosphincter dysfunction in people with diabetes.