• Xiaofen Zhang, Yishu Chen, Ye Chen, Wei Zhu, Chenxi Tang, Shelby Lamm, and Lan Li.
• Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang Province, China.
• Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2023 Jan 1; 78: 100172100172.

BackgroundThe accuracy of diagnosis and the safety of treatment in colonoscopy depends largely on the quality of bowel cleansing. This study aimed to compare the efficacy and adverse reactions of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) combined with lactulose with that of PEG alone in bowel preparation before colonoscopy.MethodsThe authors searched a number of databases including EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and China Academic Journals Full-text Database. The authors screened according to literature inclusion and exclusion criteria, assessed the quality of the included literature, and extracted the data. The meta-analysis of included literature used RevMan 5.3 and Stata 14.0 software.ResultsA total of 18 studies, including 2274 patients, were enrolled. The meta-analysis showed that PEG combined with lactulose had a better efficacy (OR = 3.87, 95% CI 3.07‒4.87, p = 0.000, and I2 = 36.2% in the efficiency group; WMD = 0.86, 95% CI 0.69‒1.03, p = 0.032 and I2 = 0% in the BBPS score group) in bowel preparation for patients with or without constipation. Moreover, PEG combined with lactulose had fewer adverse reactions, including abdominal pain (OR = 1.42, 95% CI 0.94‒2.14, p = 0.094), nausea (OR = 1.60, 95% CI 1.13‒2.28, p = 0.009) and vomiting (OR = 1.77, 95% CI 1.14‒2.74, p = 0.011), than PEG alone. No significant reduction in the incidence of abdominal distention was observed.ConclusionPEG combined with lactulose may be a better choice for bowel preparation before colonoscopy compared with PEG alone.Copyright © 2023 HCFMUSP. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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