Adult patients with constipation presenting to the emergency department: Can care be improved?
Catherine BuntingEmily SmithFiona DunhamSally SimpsonPiers TruterPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2023)
This is the first study to investigate the management of constipation in adult patients in an Australian ED setting. It is important that ED clinicians recognise that functional constipation is a chronic condition and many patients have persistent symptoms. There are opportunities for quality-of-care improvements including diagnostics, treatment, and referral post-discharge to allied health, nursing and medical specialist services.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- emergency department
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- mental health
- irritable bowel syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- ejection fraction
- public health
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- affordable care act
- combination therapy
- sleep quality
- depressive symptoms
- patient reported
- drug induced
- health promotion