Constipation and its implications in the critically ill patient

摘要: Background. Motility of the lower gut has been little studied in intensive care patients. Method. We prospectively constipation an unit a university hospital, and conducted national survey to assess generalizability our findings. Results. Constipation occurred 83% More constipated patients (42.5%) failed wean from mechanical ventilation than non-constipated (0%), P Conclusions. implications for critically ill.