BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy, adequacy, side effects, and patient compliance of sodium phosphorus (NaP) and senna solutions when preparing the colon before colonoscopy. METHODS A total of 137 consecutive patients who were considered for colonoscopy evaluation had randomly received one of two premeditated regimens: 90 mL of oral NaP (NaP group) or 500 mL ...

The paper analyzes the problem of data cleansing and automatically identifying potential errors in data sets. An overview of the diminutive amount of existing literature concerning data cleansing is given. Methods for error detection that go beyond integrity analysis are reviewed and presented. The applicable methods include: statistical outlier detection, pattern matching, clustering, and data...

QUESTION How does water compare with other solutions for cleansing wounds? REVIEW SCOPE Included studies compared water with other solutions for cleansing acute or chronic wounds or with no cleansing and reported objective outcome measures. Studies assessing cleansing solutions as part of dental procedures, prophylaxis, preoperative or operative procedures, and those of patients with burns or u...

OBJECTIVE To learn how children in rural schools in Nyando District, Kenya clean themselves after defecation. METHODS Six focus group discussions were held with boys and girls ages 12-15 in three rural schools in mid-2009. Parents were interviewed in one setting. In early 2010, a survey of head teachers was conducted in 114 schools in Nyanza Province, Kenya, to assess the provision of anal cl...

Virtual colonoscopy is a non-invasive technique for the detection of polyps. Currently, a clean colon is required; as without cleansing the colonic wall cannot be segmented. Enhanced bowel preparation schemes opacify intraluminal remains to enable colon segmentation. Computed cleansing (as opposed to physical cleansing of the bowels) allows removal of tagged intraluminal remains. This paper des...

In Brazil, single use diathermy pencils (SUDP) are among the most common reused devices. This study assesses the sterilization efficacy of reprocessing SUDP using two cleansing methods (manual or automated), followed by one of three of the low-temperature sterilization methods: Hydrogen Peroxide Plasma (HPP), Ethylene Oxide (ETO) or Low-Temperature Steam Formaldehyde (LTSF). The sample was comp...