Colonoscopy preparation: Polyethylene glycol with gatorade is as safe and efficacious as four liters of polyethylene glycol with balanced electrolytes

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3098-3105

  McKenna, Thomas ^a   MacGill, Alice ^a   Porat, Gail ^a   Friedenberg, Frank K ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Electrolytes; Gatorade; Polyethylene glycol 3350

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPORTS DRINK; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

CATHARTICS; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871633915     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2266-5     Document Type: Article

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