Two-day bowel preparation with polyethylene glycol 3350 and bisacodyl: A new, safe, and effective regimen for colonoscopy in children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-74

  Phatak, Uma P ^a   Johnson, Susanne ^a   Husain, Sohail Z ^a   Pashankar, Dinesh S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bisacodyl; bowel preparation; children; colonoscopy; polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

BISACODYL; MACROGOL 3350;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONOSCOPY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELENA; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATABILITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISACODYL; CATHARTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TABLETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959850897     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318210807a     Document Type: Article

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