Research Article

Gastric Residual Volume after Split-Dose Bowel Preparation versus Conventional Single-Dose Regimen before Anesthetic Colonoscopy

Table 1

Patient demographics, medications, and fasting time.

VariableSplit-dose group
Single-dose group

Mean age, years0.577
Sex, number of males/number of females31/3436/280.331
Body mass index0.321
Indications for procedures,
 Asymptomatic15160.798
 Diabetes030.237
 Constipation21180.605
Medication use, N
 Antispasmodic200.496
 Gastroprokinetic agent21>0.999
 PPIs360.474
Fasting time, hours<0.001