The effect of oral polyethylene glycol combined with simethicone for colonoscopy on cecal intubation rate, tolerability and acceptability : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSION: Adjunction of oral simethicone to polyethylene glycol as bowel preparation agent dose not improve cecal intubation rate on colonoscopy,but with better gastrointestinal tolerability and acceptability. PMID: 31566329 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31566329?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica - October 2, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Acta Gastroenterol Belg Source Type: research

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