A randomized trial comparing three methods of Bowel preparation for flexible sigmoidoscopy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1126-1130

  Osgard, Eric ^a,b   Jackson, Jeffrey L ^a   Strong, Jeffrey ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITROMA; FLEET ENEMA; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CATHARTICS; CITRIC ACID; COLON; DIARRHEA; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOSPHATES; SIGMOIDOSCOPES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032454092     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00223-8     Document Type: Article

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