Application effect of linaclotide combined with Polyethylene Glycol Electrolytes Powder and simethicone in bowel preparation for patients with chronic constipation
ObjectiveTo investigate the application effect of linaclotide combined with Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Electrolytes Powder and simethicone in bowel preparation for patients with chronic constipation. MethodsA total of 240 patients with chronic constipation who were prepared to undergo colonoscopic examination were selected as the research subjects, and they were randomly divided into groups A, B and C, with 80 cases in each group. Patients in group A received bowel preparation with PEG Electrolytes Powder, group B employed linaclotide combined with PEG Electrolytes Powder for bowel preparation, and group C received bowel preparation with linaclotide combined with PEG Electrolytes Powder and simethicone. The degree of intestinal cleanliness, effect of vesicles removing, colonoscopic examination duration, detection rate of polyps, and incidence rate of adverse reactions were compared between patients of the three groups. ResultsGroups B and C exhibited higher scores of the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS) in 3 intestinal segments of cecum and ascending colon, hepatic flexura of colon, transverse colon and splenic flexura of colon, and descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum, as well as a higher BBPS total score as compared with group A (P<0.05), there was no statistically significant difference in BBPS scores of 3 intestinal segments and BBPS total score between group B and group C (P>0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in the effect of vesicles removing between the three groups (P<0.05), and group C yielded a superior effect of vesicles removing to compare with groups A and B (P<0.05), there was no statistically significant difference in the effect of vesicles removing between group A and group B (P>0.05). The entry time of colonoscopy and total examination duration of patients in the three groups were ordered from short to long as follows:group C<group B<group A (P<0.05), and groups B and C interpreted shorter withdrawal time of colonoscopy as compared with group A (P<0.05). The detection rate of polyps with diameter≤0.5 cm in group C was higher than that in groups A and B (P<0.05), and there was no statistically significant difference in the detection rate of polyps with diameter≤0.5 cm between group A and group B (P>0.05); moreover, no statistically significant difference in the detection rate of polyps with diameter>0.5 cm was found between the three groups (P>0.05). The incidence rate of abdominal distension in group C was lower than that in group A (P<0.05). ConclusionEmploying linaclotide combined with PEG Electrolytes Powder and simethicone for bowel preparation can improve intestinal cleaning quality of patients with chronic constipation, reduce volume of intestinal vesicles, shorten examination duration, increase the detection rate of polyps with diameter≤0.5 cm, and decrease the incidence rate of abdominal distension.