Key safety issues of bowel preparations for colonoscopy and importance of adequate hydration

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-35

  Dykes, Cathy ^a   Cash, Brooks D ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DEHYDRATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHARTICS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MASS SCREENING; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOSPHATES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39849083470     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SGA.0000310933.54551.ca     Document Type: Review

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