RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Can a bowel preparation exacerbate heart failure?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 157
OP 160
DO 10.3949/ccjm.77a.10025
VO 78
IS 3
A1 Parikh, Kalindi
A1 Weitz, Howard
YR 2011
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/3/157.abstract
AB Polyethylene glycol solutions, used for bowel preparation before colonoscopy, in theory pass through the colon without any absorption of water. However, several investigators have reported that these solutions do increase plasma volume. This review compares polyethylene and sodium phosphate bowel preparations and their effects on patients with heart failure, and also offers recommendations for patients with heart failure who need colonoscopy.