Sodium phosphate a better choice for bowel preparation before colonoscopy as compared to polyethyleneglycol (PEG).

Objective: To compare the frequency of good to excellent quality bowel preparation before colonoscopy in PEG versus sodium phosphate. Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trial. Setting: Department Gastroenterology, Doctors Hospital and Medical Center, Lahore Pakistan. Period: March 2019 December 2019. Material & Methods: 180 patients was selected by non-probability consecutive sampling randomly divided two groups: group A (4L polyethylene glycol (PEG) a split dose fashion, i.e. 2L day 2 L given 4-6 hours colonoscopy) B (2 doses 20ml phosphate 12hours apart using random number table. The attending gastroenterologist scored different segment colon cleansing Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS). Data collected is analyzed Statistical Package Social Sciences (SPSS). Results: Among 90 who used as agent, 75 (83.3%) patient showed result compared with revealed following 71 (78.9%). p value 0.44 revealing that there no significant difference among both agents. Conclusion: Sodium can be an alternative agent most settings where cannot either due preference or its side effects.