Very low-volume bowel preparation effective in patients with IBD, finds study
An adequate bowel preparation is essential for a quality colonoscopy. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) show low compliance with bowel preparation due to the large volume of lavage solution to be ingested, especially if active symptoms are present, and the frequency of having a colonoscopy.
A recent study conducted by Neri Benedetto and associates from the Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome have found out that very low-volume (VLV) polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based bowel preparation is effective and well accepted by patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease.
The study is published in the European Journal of Gatroenterology and Heaptology.
The present research was conducted with the sole objective to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a very low-volume (VLV) polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based solution in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
A cohort of 103 consecutive patients, 56 with Crohn's disease and 47 with ulcerative colitis, received a 1-L PEG-based bowel preparation divided into two 500-mL doses taken the evening before and the morning of the colonoscopy, each dose followed by at least another 500-mL of clear fluids.
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