Sodium Phosphate is Superior to Polyethylene Glycol in Bowel Cleansing and Shortens the Time it Takes to Visualize Colon Mucosa

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1187-1190

  Kossi J ^a   Kontula, I ^b   Laato, M ^b  

^a PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bowel cleansing; Colonoscopy; Colonoscopy time; Polyethylene glycol; Sodium phosphate

Indexed keywords

GOLYTELY; MACROGOL; PHOSPHORAL; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

CATHARTICS; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULOSIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10744225408     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310006180     Document Type: Article

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