Boston Bowel Preparation Scale scores provide a standardized definition of adequate for describing bowel cleanliness.

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Establishing a threshold of bowel cleanliness below which colonoscopies should be repeated at accelerated intervals is important, yet there are no standardized definitions for an adequate preparation.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Gastrointest. Endosc.

Title: Gastrointestinal endoscopy

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-6779

ISSN (Print): 0016-5107

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2014

Volume: 80

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Section of Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

[2 ] Division of Gastroenterology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.

[3 ] Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: S0016-5107(14)00094-7 Mid ID: NIHMS577318

DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.01.031

PMC ID: 4104141

PubMed ID: 24629422

SO-VID: 39360791-f595-4da7-988a-12506dba5a89

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