Efficacy of morning-only compared with split-dose polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution for afternoon colonoscopy: a randomized controlled single-blind study.

Objectives: Administering a purgative close to the time of colonoscopy is optimal for cleansing. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of morning-only (AM-only) polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution (PEG-ELS) to split-dose (PM/AM) PEG-ELS for afternoon colonoscopy.

Methods: This was a single-center, prospective, randomized, investigator-blinded, non-inferiority study comparing AM-only to PM/AM PEG-ELS for afternoon outpatient colonoscopy.

Providing an endoscopy report to patients after a procedure: a low-cost intervention with high returns.

Background: Providing a procedure report to patients after endoscopy is inconsistently practiced by clinicians.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of providing a procedure report to patients after an outpatient endoscopy.

Outcome Measurements: Demographic data, including age, sex, race, and endoscopic procedures.

Sarcoidosis of gastrointestinal tract: a rare disease.

Gastrointestinal (GI) tract sarcoidosis is an uncommon form of sarcoidosis. The GI tract can be involved as an isolated disease as a part of systemic sarcoidosis. Clinical manifestations of esophageal, gastric, small bowel, colon, and appendicular sarcoidosis are discussed in this review.