THE USE OF ENTERAL NUTRITION IN BOWEL CLEANSING BEFORE COLONOSCOPY

Abstract

AIM: to evaluate the effectiveness of bowel cleansing before colonoscopy using enteral nutrition agent «Nutridrink» as the single nutrient. MATERIALS AND METHODS: a prospective comparative study included 150 patients (83 females, aged 20-65 years), who underwent diagnostic colonoscopy. To assess the quality of bowel cleansing the Likert scale was used. Subjective assessment of patients' comfort was performed by patients on a 10-point visual scale (from 0 - «excellent» to 10 - «extremely negative»). RESULTS: the quality of colon cleansing before colonoscopy was significantly better in patients who got enteral nutrition, especially in comparison with patients with standard protein diet. Subjective assessment of comfort during cleansing was better in the group of patients who used Nutridrink as the only source of nutrition as well. CONCLUSION: use of enteral nutrition as a part of bowel cleansing before colonoscopy can replace the protein diet.