Colonic preparation correlates with fasting breath hydrogen in patients undergoing colonoscopy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 49, 2003, Pages 85-86

  Mann, N S ^a,b   Condon, D S ^a   Leung, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic preparation; Colonoscopy; Fasting breath hydrogen; PEG ingestion

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; BREATH TESTS; COLON; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; FASTING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0037266570     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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