CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bowel cleansing for colonoscopy with a 1 L polyethylene glycol and ascorbic acid preparation proved highly effective and tolerable, according to a real-world study presented at ACG ...

Background: Polyethylene glycol–based bowel preparations (PEGBPs) are widely perceived as safe and effective alternatives to oral sodium phosphate for bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopy. Most ...

HealthDay News — Pulsed irrigation evacuation (PIE) and sodium phosphate are superior to polyethylene glycol (PEG) for colon preparations prior to colonoscopy, according to a study published online ...

A recent study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology compared polyethylene glycol to Miralax and Gatorade as colonoscopy bowel preparation regimens. Here are four things to know about ...

No bowel preparation for colonoscopy achieves optimal efficacy and tolerability. Combining polyethylene glycol plus ascorbic acid (PEG-Asc) with adjuvants has been explored to enhance cleansing ...

The approval of Plenvu was based on multiple clinical trials including the NOCT study which compared Plenvu to the trisulfate bowel cleansing solution Suprep (sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, ...

The low-volume bowel preparation MoviPrep provided a noninferior alternative to the standard high-volume GoLYTELY in a cohort of hospitalized patients undergoing colonoscopy, a randomized trial showed ...

The results of new study demonstrate the use of a split-dose preparation for colonoscopy improves both polyp detection rates and adenoma detection rates, according to a news release (pdf). The study, ...

Specifically, patients who received same-day low-volume PEG (2L) given on the morning of the colonoscopy had bowel cleanliness that was comparable to patients who received split- dose low volume PEG ...

Over the last decade, the use of colonoscopy for cancer screening has increased steadily--it's estimated that as many as 15 million procedures are performed annually in the U.S. So it's clear that ...

Using 2 years of data from 3 hospitals, we found that the administration of PEGBP to hospitalized elderly patients undergoing colonoscopy was associated with a substantial incidence of hypokalemia.