[Factors related to a suboptimal bowel preparation for colonoscopy].

Introduction: Colonoscopy is the standard method for the evaluation of the colon. A suitable intestinal cleaning is critical for the effectiveness and security of the procedure, but unfortunately there is a high proportion of suboptimal bowel preparation.

Objective: To identify factors related to suboptimal bowel preparation.

[Quality indicators for colonoscopy in the Peruvian Japanese Policlinic: linked factors].

Introduction: Colonoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of diseases of the colon and rectum and the primary prevention test for colon cancer. The main indicators of quality in colonoscopy are the rate of complete colonoscopy and the rate of detected adenomas.

Objectives: We aimed to know the rates of cecal intubation and detection of adenomas and to identify factors related to these two quality indicators in colonoscopies performed in the Peruvian Japanese Policlinic during 2007.

[Clinical and epidemiological profile of ulcerative colitis in a hospital in Lima].

Unlabelled: The Non-specific Ulcerative Colitis (NUC) is an inflammatory disease of the rectum and the colon that can extend from the distal part of the rectum to the colon. Only in rare occasions is the terminal ileum compromised.

Objective: To know the clinic and epidemiological profile of the NUC, in the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins Hospital-EsSALUD (Lima-Peru).

[Evaluation and nutritional therapy in cirrhotic patients of the "Edgardo Rebagliati Martins" hospital].

A nutritional evaluation was carried out in 43 cirrhotic outpatients who came to the Digestive Disease Department of the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins Hospital for a checkup. The evaluation included a dietary composition analysis; nutritional status through the analysis of lean and fatty mass through anthropometric parameters (tricipital skin fold thickness, midarm muscle circumference, muscle arm circumference and creatinine excretion in the 24 h urine/height ratio), measuring of visceral proteins (albumin, transferrin) and bioelectric Impedance. Finally, a nutritional dietary intervention was made according to international standards for cirrhotic patients.