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Gastroenterology

The prevalence of constipation at admission and after 1 week of palliative care: a multi-center study

Sebastiano Mercadantea Regional palliative care program, SAMO, Palermo, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Francesco Masedub Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, Section of Clinical Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine, University of L’Aquila, Italy;
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Marco Maltonic Palliative Care Unit, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, FC, Italy;
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Daniela De Giovannid Palliative Care Unit, Casale Monferrato, ASL Alessandria, Italy;
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Luigi Montanarie Palliative Care Unit, AUSL Della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy;
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Cristina Pitturerif Palliative Care and Hospice Unit, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy;
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Raffaella Bertèg Palliative Care, Oncology Department, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy;
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Laura Ursinih ”Casa Margherita” Hospice, ASL 01 Avezzano-Sulmona-L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy;
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Franco Marinangelii Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Department of Life Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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Federica Aiellib Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, Section of Clinical Epidemiology and Environmental Medicine, University of L’Aquila, Italy;
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Pages 1187-1192 | Received 19 Apr 2017, Accepted 19 Jul 2017, Published online: 16 Aug 2017

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