Low-volume plus ascorbic acid vs high-volume plus simethicone bowel preparation before colonoscopy.

Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of low-volume plus ascorbic acid [polyethylene glycol plus ascorbic acid (PEG + Asc)] and high-volume plus simethicone [polyethylene glycol plus simethicone (PEG + Sim)] bowel preparations.

Methods: A total of one hundred and forty-four outpatients (76 males), aged from 20 to 84 years (median age 59.5 years), who attended our Department, were divided into two groups, age and sex matched, and underwent colonoscopy.

Duodenal bulb in celiac adults: the "whether biopsying" dilemma.

Background: Celiac disease (CD)-related lesions were described in duodenal bulb of celiac patients.

Goal: Our aim was to evaluate the morphology of bulb mucosa in adult celiac patients and in controls to evaluate its usefulness for CD diagnosis.

Study: We studied 43 celiac patients (10 male, median age: 35.

Efficacy of H. pylori eradication with a sequential regimen followed by rescue therapy in clinical practice.

Background: Current Italian guidelines suggest sequential therapy as first-line therapy and a levofloxacin-based rescue therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication. We evaluated the efficacy of these therapies in clinical practice.

Methods: 84 consecutive patients with dyspeptic symptoms and proven H.