Bowel Prep Oral Sodium Phosphate Equal to Fasting Before Capsule Endoscopy for Obscure GI Bleeding, Hopital Edouard Herriot Study Finds

EurekAlert -- According to a new study from researchers in France, bowel preparation with oral sodium phosphate for capsule endoscopy in patients with obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is no better at cleansing the small bowel than the standard method of preparation, which is an eight-hour fast before the procedure. The study appears in the June issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).