Monthly Archives: April 2015

Split-Dose Preparations Are Superior to Day-Before Bowel Cleansing Regimens: A Meta-analysis

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Myriam Martel, Alan N. Barkun, Charles Menard, Sophie Restellini, Omar Kherad, Alain Vanasse

There are different regimens of preparing the colon for colonoscopy, including polyethylene glycol (PEG), sodium phosphate, picosulfate, or oral sulfate solutions. We performed a meta-analysis to determine the efficacy of split-dose vs other colon prep… Continue reading →

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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Induces Remission in Patients With Active Ulcerative Colitis in a Randomized Controlled Trial

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Paul Moayyedi, Michael G. Surette, Peter T. Kim, Josie Libertucci, Melanie Wolfe, Catherine Onischi, David Armstrong, John K. Marshall, Zain Kassam, Walter Reinisch, Christine H. Lee

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is difficult to treat, and standard therapy does not always induce remission. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an alternative approach that induced remission in small series of patients with active UC. We investigated i… Continue reading →

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