The Efficacy of Short-Duration Polyethylene Glycol plus Electrolytes for Improving Bowel Preparation of Colonoscopy in Patients with Chronic Constipation

The Efficacy of Short-Duration Polyethylene Glycol plus Electrolytes for Improving Bowel Preparation of Colonoscopy in Patients with Chronic Constipation

Backgrounds and Aims. Sachets of polyethylene glycol plus electrolytes (PEG+E: Movicol: EA Pharma, Tokyo, Japan) are used for chronic constipation, and its efficacy is reported only for female and nonelderly people. Chronic constipation is one of the reasons of poor colonoscopic bowel preparation (B...

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Main Authors: Naohisa Yoshida, Yoshikazu Inagaki, Kohei Fukumoto, Hiroyuki Yoriki, Yutaka Inada, Takaaki Murakami, Yuri Tomita, Hikaru Hashimoto, Satoshi Sugino, Ryohei Hirose, Osamu Dohi, Ken Inoue, Yoshito Itoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8886073

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