Keeping the cecum clean: A randomized, prospective, placebo-controlled trial of loperamide as part of preparation for colonoscopy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-125

  Church, James ^a   Bast, Jane ^a   Elayi, Elodie ^a   Xhaja, Xhileta ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Loperamide; Preparation

Indexed keywords

LOPERAMIDE; MACROGOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL POLYP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LAVAGE; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CATHARTICS; CECAL DISEASES; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; LOPERAMIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872185772     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e3182707d27     Document Type: Article

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