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Doorway information about patient
The patient is a 66-year-old man who comes to the clinic due to constipation.
Vital signs
Temperature: 36.7 C (98 F)
Blood pressure: 120/70 mm Hg
Pulse: 70/min
Respirations: 16/min
Basic differential diagnosis
Functional constipation
Obstructive lesions (eg, bowel obstruction, carcinoma of colon)
Metabolic disturbances (eg, hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, hypercalcemia)
Neurologic dysfunction (eg, stroke, autonomic neuropathy, spinal cord trauma, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease)
Medication-induced (eg, iron preparations, opiates, anticholinergics)

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