Inadequate bowel preparation rates should be considered before screening colonoscopy is recommended

Bowel preparation before colonoscopy

This is one of a series of documents discussing the use of GI endoscopy in common clinical situations. The Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy prepared this document that updates a previously issued consensus statement and a technology status evaluation report on this topic. In preparing this guideline, a search of the medical literature was pe...

Is Elderly Age a Simple Predictive Factor for Inadequate Bowel Preparation before Colonoscopy?

Bowel preparation is important when visualizing the whole colonic mucosa and greatly influences the rate of adenoma detection, which is considered to be a standard indicator of successful colonoscopy. 1 The target level of adequate preparation (so that repeat colonoscopy is not required within ≤1 year) is 85% as recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)/the Ameri...

Predictors of Inadequate Bowel Preparation and Salvage Options on Colonoscopy

Inadequate bowel preparation is observed in more than 25% of all colonoscopies. Identification of predictive factors for inadequate colon cleaning is helpful and more detailed preparation methods should be used for patients at high risk. Age, male sex, inpatient status, and comorbidities were identified as independent risk factors in several previous studies. In patients with insufficient colon...

Staphylococcus lugdunensis; a pathogen that should be considered in Iran

Background: Staphylococcus lugdunensis is Gram-positive cocci of the staphylococcaceae family. S. lugdunensis despite having a clotting factor (wall coagulase), was classified in the coagulase negative staphylococcus group (CoNS) for lack of free coagulase. Although this bacterium is part of the human normal flora, in terms of virulence, S. lugdunensis is in second place after S. aureus. S. lug...

Should preoperative mechanical bowel preparation be abandoned?