Review article: Bowel preparation for colonoscopy - The importance of adequate hydration

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 633-641

  Lichtenstein, G R ^a   Cohen, L B ^b   Uribarri, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCU PREP; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BISACODYL; COLYTE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; E LYTE; E LYTE SPORT; ELECTROLYTE; GOLYTELY; HALFLYTELY; MACROGOL; MOVIPREP; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NULYTELY; OSMOPREP; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TRILYTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISICOL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL FULLNESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLOATING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDRATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTHERMIA; ILEUS; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INTESTINE PREPARATION; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALABSORPTION; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; NAUSEA; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIANAL IRRITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPORTS DRINK; STOMACH LAVAGE; TOXIC COLITIS; VOMITING;

CATHARTICS; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG CARRIERS; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOSPHATES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 34547844149     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03406.x     Document Type: Review

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