A comparison of bowel preparations for flexible sigmoidoscopy: Oral magnesium citrate combined with oral bisacodyl, one hypertonic phosphate enema, or two hypertonic phosphate enemas

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2122-2127

  Fincher, Roger Keith ^a   Osgard, Eric M ^a   Jackson, Jeffrey L ^a   Strong, Jeffrey S ^b   Wong, Roy K H ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Walter Reed Army Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; ENEMA; FLEET ENEMA; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; BISACODYL; CATHARTICS; CITRIC ACID; COLONIC POLYPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0033180031     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00364-0     Document Type: Article

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