Bowel preparations for colonoscopy: A review

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Lichtenstein, Gary ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cathartics and laxatives; Colonoscopy; Compliance; Electrolytes; Mechanism of action; Patient information; Patients; Polyethylene glycol; Sodium phosphate dibasic; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ASCORBIC ACID; BISACODYL; COLYTE; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; GOLYTELY; HALFLYTELY; LAXATIVE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; MOVIPREP; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NULYTELY; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; OSMOPREP; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; SENNOSIDE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; TRILYTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VISICOL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PHOSPHATE NEPHROPATHY; ADULT; ANAL COMPLAINT; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FLUID INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTESTINE PREPARATION; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; TABLET FORMULATION; TASTE; VOMITING; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY;

CATHARTICS; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOSPHATES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 62449277765     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp080084     Document Type: Review

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