Erschienen in:
01.01.2015 | Editorial
Bowel Preparation: Is Endoscopic Administration Worth the Extra Risk?
verfasst von:
Yu-Hsi Hsieh, Malcolm Koo
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 1/2015
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Excerpt
Bowel preparation before colonoscopy is usually considered worse than the actual procedure. The regimen usually consists of the intake of a large amount of fluid (2–4 L) with an unpalatable taste and smell, which might lead to nausea, vomiting, bloating, and abdominal pain in addition to the required diarrhea. In a meta-analysis comparing the effectiveness of different bowel preparation agents, about 29 % of the subjects were unable to ingest the full volume of polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution [
1]. Incomplete consumption of the solution usually affects the quality of bowel cleansing, increasing the probability that the procedure will be aborted and then repeated. …