PHILADELPHIA—Only one-third of patients visiting an emergency department for constipation were taking appropriate medications before their visit, investigators found during a retrospective study presented at ACG 2024.
“One of the biggest drivers for this study was the prevalence of undertreated chronic constipation cases we encountered, not just in clinic but also in the inpatient setting,” said Swati Patel, MD, a third-year resident at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount