GOLYTELY: A NEW APPROACH TO FAECAL IMPACTION IN OLD AGE
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 15 (3) , 182-184
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/15.3.182
Abstract
Forty-five elderly subjects with faecal impaction were entered into a study of the efficacy of golytely. Twenty-three were treated with golytely 2 1/day for 2 days and then lactulose 30 ml b.d. and daily enemas. Twenty-two were treated with lactulose 30 ml b.d. and daily enemas alone. A good response was achieved in 13 (56%) within 1 week and in 20 (87%) within 2 weeks when golytely was used, as compared to only 5 (23%) within 1 week and 9 (41%) within 2 weeks when it was not used.Keywords
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