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- Title
Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials of colorectal surgery with or without mechanical bowel preparation.
- Authors
Makhija, R.
- Abstract
Comments on the article "Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials of colorectal surgery with or without mechanical bowel preparation," published in the 2004 issue of the periodical "British Journal of Surgery". Evidence that subjecting elderly patients to iatrogenic diarrhea in the absence of defined fluid replacement results in physiological derangements that are unmasked during the stress of surgery; Protective effect of balanced oral rehydration solutions in patients undergoing colonoscopy.
- Subjects
COLON surgery; DIARRHEA in old age; IATROGENIC diseases; SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; MEDICAL care for older people
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 2004, Vol 91, Issue 11, p1528
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1002/bjs.4854