Optimal bowel cleansing for colonoscopy: Split the dose! A series of meta-analyses of controlled studies

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 566-576.e2

  Bucci, Cristina ^a,e   Rotondano, Gianluca ^b   Hassan, Cesare ^c   Rea, Matilde ^e   Bianco, Maria Antonia ^b   Cipolletta, Livio ^d   Ciacci, Carolina ^a   Marmo, Riccardo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Maresca Hospital   (Italy)

^c NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e LCurto Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922420388     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.05.320     Document Type: Review

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