Affiliation:
1. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Russian Gerontological Research and Clinical Center
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.
Publisher
Autonomous non-profit organization-Society of Specialists in the Field Innovative Medical Technology