Does Premedication with Mucolytic Agents Improve Mucosal Visualization during Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">P</td><td class="align_center">I</td><td class="align_center">C</td><td class="align_center">O</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Population</td><td class="align_center">Intervention</td><td class="align_center">Comparison</td><td class="align_center">Outcome</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Adult patients undergoing elective nontherapeutic OGD</td><td class="align_center">Premedication with a mucolytic agent</td><td class="align_center">Placebo or another mucolytic agent</td><td class="align_center">Improved mucosal visibility during OGD</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>PICO model used to define search criteria for the search strategy to be used in the relevant bibliographic databases.</div>

Surgery Research and Practice

tab1

Table 1

Table 1: Does Premedication with Mucolytic Agents Improve Mucosal Visualization during Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

Table 1 | Does Premedication with Mucolytic Agents Improve Mucosal Visualization during Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 